ἐρυσίπελας

See also: ερυσίπελας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Medical term of unusual formation. Traditionally derived from ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós, “red”) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”); compare πέλμᾰ (pélma, “sole of foot”) and Latin pellis (“a skin, hide, felt, pelt”). According to Beekes, it may also be of Pre-Greek origin, comparing the first element of the word with the first element of ἐρῠσῑ́βη (erusī́bē, “rust in plants”) and ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον (erusískēptron, “kind of plant”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.sí.pe.las/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈsi.pe.las/

Noun

ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς • (erusípelas) n (genitive ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος); third declension

(pathology) erysipelas (a skin disease)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς; τοῦ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erusípelas	τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erusipélate	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tà erusipélata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος toû erusipélatos	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erusipelátoin	τῶν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́των tôn erusipelátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτῐ tôi erusipélati	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erusipelátoin	τοῖς ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐ / ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐν toîs erusipélasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erusípelas	τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erusipélate	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tà erusipélata
Vocative	ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς erusípelas	ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε erusipélate	ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ erusipélata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

ἐρῠσῐπελᾰτώδης (erusipelatṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants

→ Latin: erysipelas
- → English: erysipelas
- Middle English: erisipila

References

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