ἀναλγησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνάλγητος (análgētos, “without pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) +‎ ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀναλγησίᾱ • (analgēsíā) f (genitive ἀναλγησίᾱς); first declension

  1. Want of feeling, insensibility.

Inflection

Descendants

  • → English: analgesia

References

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