Emoptoicus
Emoptoicus grece qui sanguinem expuit, emoptoiki emoptoici.
Apparatus:
Emoptoicus ABCD | Emoptoycus e
expuit ABCD | exspuit e
emoptoiki ABCD | emoptoyki e
emoptoici ABCD | emoptoyci e
Translation:
Emoptoicus is the Greek word for someone who spits blood, Greek emoptoiki and Latin emoptoici is the plural.
Commentary:
/haimoptyïkós/ αἱμοπτυϊκóς “one who spits blood” is derived from Greek αἷμα /haîma/ “blood” and the root πτυ- /pty-/ meaning “spit out or up” + the adjectival ending –ικός /-ikós/. The Greek plural is αἱμοπτυϊκοί /haimoptyïkoí/.
The Greek in Simon’s time had undergone a series of sound changes since classical times reflected in Simon near-phonetic transcription:
- Psilosis, the loss of initial aspiration;
- the diphthong αι /ai/ was already pronounced ε /e/ as in Modern Greek;
- the unusual vowel combination υϊ {/y-ï/} was changed into the more familiar /o-i/, a change already observed in Dioscorides Longobardus {late Antiquity}, e.g. emptoicis/ emopthoicis.
- the diphthong οι /oi/ was now pronounced /i/
leading to the pronuncitation /emoptoikí/ .
Haemoptysis, "the coughing up of blood" is still used in modern medical terminology.
