Learn Greek › C1 › πυρετός
πυρετός
fever /piɾeˈtos/
nounC1#3920 most common
Also: high temperature, feverish excitement (figurative)
Example sentences
Έχω πυρετό.
I have a fever.
Ο γιος μου έχει πυρετό σήμερα.
My son has a fever today.
Ο πυρετός της ανέβηκε στους 39 βαθμούς.
Her fever rose to 39 degrees.
Ο γιατρός είπε ότι ο πυρετός θα υποχωρήσει σε δύο μέρες.
The doctor said the fever would subside in two days.
Η πόλη ζούσε σε πυρετό προετοιμασιών πριν τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες.
The city lived in a fever of preparations before the Olympic Games.
Ο πυρετός των εκλογών είχε κυριεύσει ολόκληρη τη χώρα τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες.
Election fever had gripped the whole country in recent weeks.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πυρετός | πυρετοί |
| Genitive | πυρετού | πυρετών |
| Accusative | πυρετό | πυρετούς |
| Vocative | πυρετέ | πυρετοί |
Word family
Etymology
Πυρετός comes from the ancient Greek root πυρ, meaning fire. The suffix -ετός turns the root into a noun describing a condition, so the word originally meant something like a state of burning. Ancient physicians used it for the burning sensation of illness, and the sense narrowed to the medical meaning of fever that survives in Modern Greek.
Learn Greek the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 3,509 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 3,509 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free