itis

See also: -itis and -ītis

English

Etymology

From suffix -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪtɪs/

Noun

itis (plural itises)

1. (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
   • 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated

     “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”

2. (informal, Caribbean, usually preceded by the) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal.

References

• “itis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• IIST, IITs, SITI, is it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.tis/, [ˈiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tis/, [ˈiːt̪is]

Verb

ītis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of eō

References

• “itis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• idis

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *idisi, from Proto-Germanic *idisiz. Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dís.

Noun

itis f

1. woman
   • 9th century, First Merseburg charm:

     Eiris sazun idisi / sazun hera duoder;
     suma hapt heptidun / suma heri lezidun,
     suma clubodun / umbi cuoniouuidi:
     insprinc haptbandun / inuar uigandun.

     Once sat women,
     They sat here, then there.
     Some fastened bonds,
     Some impeded an army,
     Some unraveled fetters:
     Escape the bonds,
     flee the enemy!

Usage notes

The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations.

Declension

Declension of itis (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	itis	itisi
accusative	itis	itisi
genitive	itisi	itiso
dative	itisi	itisim, itisen

Derived terms

• Itis (given name)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014