παθογνωμονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάθος (páthos, “misfortune”) +‎ γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “fit to judge of”), the latter from γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “interpreter, discerner”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

παθογνωμονικός • (pathognōmonikós) m (feminine παθογνωμονική, neuter παθογνωμονικόν); first/second declension

  1. indicating a particular disease

Inflection

Descendants

  • παθογνωμικός (pathognōmikós, shortened form)
  • → English: pathognomonic

References

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

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