ἀτροφία

See also: ατροφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ τροφή (trophḗ) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tro.pʰí.aː/ → /a.troˈɸi.a/ → /a.troˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tro.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.troˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.troˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.troˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.troˈfi.a/

Noun

ἀτροφίᾱ • (atrophíā) f (genitive ἀτροφίᾱς); first declension

1. lack of food or nourishment
2. atrophy
3. starvation diet

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱ hē atrophíā
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱς tês atrophíās
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾳ têi atrophíāi
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱν tḕn atrophíān
Vocative	ἀ̆τροφῐ́ᾱ atrophíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἄτροφος (átrophos)

Descendants

• Greek: ατροφία (atrofía)
• Belarusian: атрафі́я (atrafíja)
• Bulgarian: атро́фия (atrófija)
• → Latin: atrophia (see there for further descendants)
• Russian: атрофи́я (atrofíja)
• → Ukrainian: атрофі́я (atrofíja)

Further reading

• ἀτροφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτροφία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀτροφία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀτροφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press