κατάρροος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰρρέω (katarrhéō, “to flow down”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival and nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tár̥.r̥o.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtar.ro.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈtar.ro.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈtar.ro.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ro.os/

Adjective

κᾰτᾰ́ρροος • (katárrhoos) m or f (neuter κᾰτᾰ́ρροον); second declension

downflowing
full of streams

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

κᾰτᾰ́ρροος • (katárrhoos) m (genitive κᾰτᾰρρόου); second declension

(medicine) running from the head; catarrh

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

κᾰτᾰρροῐ̈κός (katarrhoïkós, adjective)
κᾰτᾰρροῐ̈́ζομαι (katarrhoḯzomai, verb)
κᾰτᾰρροώδης (katarrhoṓdēs, adjective)
ψῠγμοκᾰτᾰ́ρρους (psugmokatárrhous)

Descendants

→ Latin: catarrhus
- Catalan: catarro
- → English: catarrh
- → French: catarrhe
- → German: Katarrh
- → Italian: catarro
- → Portuguese: catarro
- → Spanish: catarro

References

“κατάρροος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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