ἐλεφαντίασις
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, the disease elephantiasis, Cels.3.25, Dsc.2.70.3, Plu.2.731a.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
medic., n. de varios tipos de lepra o elefantiasis, esp. lepra tuberculosa, elefantiasis de los griegos Cels.3.25, Plin.HN 20.144, Ruf. en Orib.45.28 tít., Gal.7.72, 12.827, Philum. en Orib.45.28 tít., Ptol.Tetr.3.13.17, Plu.2.731b, Vett.Val.121.27, GMA 18.24 (IV d.C.), Veg.Mul.1.9.1, Aët.1.318, Περὶ ἐλεφαντιάσεως tít. de un tratado atribuido a Demócrito, Ps.Democr.B 300.10, ἐλεφαντιάσεις ... καὶ λέπραι Gal.6.849, cf. Dsc.2.70.3, Orib.15.2.36, identif. c. la φοινικίη νόσος Gal.19.153.
German (Pape)
[Seite 796] ἡ, eine schlimme Art Aussatz, von der Ähnlichkeit mit der Elephantenhaut, Plut. Symp. 8, 9, 1 u. Medic.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
éléphantiasis, sorte de lèpre.
Étymologie: ἐλέφας.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλεφαντίασις: -εως, ἡ, εἶδος νόσου τοῦ δέρματος, εἶδος λέπρας, ἰδίως ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καλεῖται δὲ οὕτως ἐκ τῆς ὁμοιότητος αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸ δέρμα ἐλέφαντος, Πλούτ. 2. 731Α κἑξ., Ἀρετ. Χρον. Παθ. 2. 13· ― ὡσαύτως, ἐλεφαντιασμός, ὁ, Ἐτυμολ. Μ. 561. 4: ― ἐλεφαντιάω, ὑποφέρω ἐξ ἐλεφαντιάσεως, Διοσκ. 1. 105, Προκλ. παράφρ. Πτολ. σ. 214.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐλεφαντίᾱσις: εως ἡ элефантиаз, элефантиазис, слоновая болезнь (у людей) Plut.
Wikipedia EN
Elephantiasis is the enlargement and hardening of limbs or body parts due to tissue swelling. It is characterised by edema, hypertrophy, and fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissues, due to obstruction of lymphatic vessels. It may affect the genitalia. The term elephantiasis is often used in reference to (symptoms caused by) parasitic worm infections, but may refer to a variety of diseases where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions.
Translations
be: элефантыяз; cs: elefantiáza; da: elefantiasis; el: ελεφαντίαση; en: elephantiasis; es: elefantiasis; eu: pakidermia; fi: elefanttitauti; fr: éléphantiasis; ga: eilifintiáis; he: אלפנטיאזיס; io: elefantiazo; ja: 象皮病; kn: ಆನೆದೊಗಲು; no: elefantiasis; pl: słoniowacizna; rw: indwara y’imidido; sh: elefantijaza; sr: елефантијаза; uk: слоновість; zh: 象皮病
