epidēmos (English spelling)

Japanese: epidēmos(英語表記)epidemos
epidēmos (English spelling)

… [Ippei Fujimori]
[Epidemic and Civilization]
In Japanese, epidemics are written as 'Kobyou', 'Eki', 'Eki', etc. in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and are pronounced as 'Eyami', 'Enoyamai', 'Tokinoke', etc., and from the Kamakura to Edo periods they were called 'Ekaku', 'Jihen', 'Hayarimono', 'Hayariyamai', etc. The English word 'epidemic' comes from the Greek word 'epidēmos' (meaning 'on the people'). Since the beginning of human history, epidemics have been the greatest cause of human loss of life, far surpassing deaths caused by war or natural disasters. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "epidēmos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【藤森 一平】
[疫病と文明]
 疫病は日本語では《古事記》や《日本書紀》には伇病,疫疾,疫気などと書かれ,エヤミ,エノヤマイ,トキノケなどと読み,鎌倉時代から江戸時代にかけては疫癘,時疫,ハヤリモノ,ハヤリヤマイなどと呼ばれていた。英語のエピデミックはギリシア語のエピデモスepidēmos(〈民衆の上に〉の意)から出た言葉である。 人類の歴史が始まってこのかた,人間の命を奪った最大の原因となったのは疫病であり,戦争や天災による死因をはるかに上まわる。…

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