It is more difficult to say exactly which words in
each class signify the greater degree of delirium.
Of class (1) ἐκμαίνομαι is obviously the most vigorous
word, meaning "wild raving," μανία comes next to
it, and παρακοπή is apparently slightly stronger than
the others. Of class (2) λῆρος or παράληρος seems to
be the strongest, then παραλέγω, and finally λόγοι
πολλοί.
Pain
There are two common words for pain in the
Corpus, πόνος and ὀδύνη. They seem practically
synonymous. Perhaps πόνος is more commonly used
of violent pains, and ὀδύνη of dull, gnawing pains,
but I think that no reader would care to pronounce
a confident opinion on the matter.
Ague
There are two words commonly used to describe
the chilly feeling experienced in fevers, especially in
malarial fevers. These are (a) ῥῖγος and its derivatives,
and (b) φρίχη and its derivatives. The former
lays stress upon the chilly feeling, the latter upon
the shivering accompanying it. But in this case also
it is possible to discriminate too finely; see e.g. in
Epidemics III. Case II. (second series), φρικώδης is
followed by μετὰ τὸ γενόμενον ῥῖγος, referring apparently
to the same occasion.
The reader should note the extreme care with
which symptoms are described in the Hippocratic
group of treatises. It has been pointed out, for
instance, that in Epidemics I. Case I., and Epidemics
III. Case XV. (second series), there are possibly
