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τέτανος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τετανός (tetanós, “stretched, rigid”), a reduplicated formation from τείνω (teínō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.ta.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
Noun
τέτᾰνος • (tétănos) m (genitive τετᾰ́νου); second declension
- Convulsive tension, tetanus.
- an erection of the penis.
Inflection
Descendants
- → English: tetanus
References
- “τέτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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Greek
Noun
τέτανος • (tétanos) m (uncountable)
Declension
Related terms
- αντιτετανικός (antitetanikós, “antitetanus”, adjective)
Further reading
τέτανος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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