What does phthisis mean in Latin?

phthisis, a noun, means “consumption, phthisis, tuberculosis”.

What is the genitive of phthisis?

The genitive singular is phthisis. phthisis is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈpʰtʰɪ.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈftiː.s̬is].

noun · femininethird declension

phthisis f (genitive phthisis)

Classical[ˈpʰtʰɪ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈftiː.s̬is]

feminineconsumption, phthisis, tuberculosis
Invadit temperantissimos morbus, validissimos phthisis, innocentissimos poena, secretissimos tumultus.The most temperate are assailed by illness, the strongest by wasting disease, the most innocent by chastisement, the most secluded by the noisy mob.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 91.5
Inde tussis et macies, et ad ultimum phthisis invadit.4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 6.14

phthĭsis, is, f., = φθίσις,

I. consumption, phthisis: vera phthisis est, Cels. 3, 22; Sen. Ep. 91, 5; 75, 10; Plin. 26, 7, 21, § 38; 31, 6, 33, § 62; Col. 6, 14; Juv. 13, 95; Gell. 4, 2, 4.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthĭ́sĭs).

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