5.7 The Body and Feeling Unwell — Epoché
What you will be able to do Name the parts of the body, most of which you can already half read from English medical words. Say that you are ill, tired or in pain: Είμαι άρρωστος. , Δεν είμαι κουρασμένος. , Δεν είμαι άρρωστος. . Ask for a doctor and say who you are looking for: Είσαι γιατρός; , Είμαι ο γιατρός σας. . Use the noun for a cure that lesson 2.6 flagged, and know how much wider it is than the English word taken from it. Read the sign over a pharmacy and ask for what is inside it. Prerequisites : 5.6 — time, weather and the seasons. Read 5.6 Vocabulary first; this is the vocabulary nobody learns until they need it, which is the argument for learning it now. This list is the easiest in the volume for an English speaker and the hardest to remember to study. It is the easiest because English medicine is built out of these words: the parts of the body are inside dermatology , stomatitis , haemoglobin , odontology , cephalic , laryngitis and a hundred more. It is the hardest to remember because nobody thinks about a pharmacy until the morning they need one. The lesson also collects the second of the words that lesson 2.6 marked as a trap. The Greek noun for a cure covers any treatment of any kind — a course of antibiotics, a cure for a disease, a repair of something broken. English borrowed it narrowly, and often for something psychological. A Greek newspaper using it is not talking about psychotherapy. Word list Forty words: the body from the head down, what goes wrong with it, and who fixes it. Word (with article) Meaning Notes το σώμα el to sóma body Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English the somat- of psychosomatic το κεφάλι el to kefáli head Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the cephal- of encephalitis, in its everyday diminutive form το πρόσωπο el to prósopo face; person (in grammar) Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English also the grammatical person, which is why lesson 3.8 could call it that η μύτη el i mýti nose Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English the myc- of mycology is a different word; this one gave English nothing το στόμα el to stóma mouth Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English the stomat- of stomatitis; the stomach is named from it το χείλος el to chílos lip; edge Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the cheil- of cheilitis, and also the rim of a cup το δόντι el to dóndi tooth Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the odont- of orthodontics, in its everyday form το αυτί el to avtí ear Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English a diminutive; the ancient form is inside diotic and the name of several bones τα μαλλιά el ta malliá hair Part of speech / class noun, neuter plural How it differs from English used in the plural for the hair on a head, as French does ο λαιμός el o lemós throat; neck Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English one word for both, which matters when you describe a symptom ο ώμος el o ómos shoulder Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English the om- of omoplate, the shoulder blade η πλάτη el i pláti back Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English the plat- of platyhelminth, from the idea of a flat surface το χέρι el to chéri hand; arm Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the chiro- of chiropractor; one word for hand and arm Έχω μόνο δυο χέρια. I only have two hands. το πόδι el to pódi foot; leg Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the pod- of podiatry; one word for foot and leg, so a Greek will be asked where το δάχτυλο el to dáchtylo finger; toe Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the dactyl- of pterodactyl; one word for finger and toe το στομάχι el to stomáchi stomach Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English a diminutive of the word for mouth, which is where English stomach comes from το αίμα el to éma blood Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English the haem- of haemoglobin and haemorrhage το δέρμα el to dérma skin; leather Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English the derm- of dermatology; one word for skin and leather η αναπνοή el i anapnoí breath, breathing Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English built on the word for breath that also gave Greek its word for spirit άρρωστος el árrostos ill, unwell Part of speech / class adjective, three endings How it differs from English the sentence to have ready; it goes with the verb to be Είμαι άρρωστος. I am sick. Δεν είμαι άρρωστος. I am not sick. Είσαι άρρωστος; Are you ill? κουρασμένος el kourasménos tired Part of speech / class adjective, three endings How it differs from English a participle in form, and it agrees like any adjective Ήμουν κουρασμένος. I was tired. Δεν είμαι κουρασμένος. I'm not tired. Είσαι κουρασμένος; Are you tired? υγιής el ygiís healthy, in good health Part of speech / class adjective How it differs from English the hygie- of hygiene, and the word a doctor uses rather than a patient ο πόνος el o pónos pain; suffering Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English used with the verb of having: a Greek has a pain where English says something hurts ο πυρετός el o pyretós fever, a temperature Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English the pyr- of pyrexia and pyre κρυώνω el kryóno to be cold; to catch cold Part of speech / class verb, first pattern How it differs from English one verb for feeling cold and for catching a cold σπάω el spáo to break Part of speech / class verb, second pattern How it differs from English does both jobs, as English break does: you break it and it breaks αισθάνομαι el esthánome to feel Part of speech / class verb, middle v