δόσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis; synchronically analyzable as δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/

Noun

δόσῐς • (dósis) f (genitive δόσῐος or δόσεως); third declension

giving, a gift
license, permission
portion
dose of medicine

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δόσῐς; τῆς δόσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δόσῐς hē dósis	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	αἱ δόσεις hai dóseis
Genitive	τῆς δόσεως tês dóseōs	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	τῶν δόσεων tôn dóseōn
Dative	τῇ δόσει têi dósei	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	ταῖς δόσεσῐ / δόσεσῐν taîs dósesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δόσῐν tḕn dósin	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	τᾱ̀ς δόσεις tā̀s dóseis
Vocative	δόσῐ dósi	δόσει dósei	δόσεις dóseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀνάδοσις (anádosis)
ἀνανταπόδοσις (anantapódosis)
ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis)
ἀντίδοσις (antídosis)
ἀντιμετάδοσις (antimetádosis)
ἀντιπαράδοσις (antiparádosis)
ἀπέκδοσις (apékdosis)
ἀπόδοσις (apódosis)
διάδοσις (diádosis)
δοτικός (dotikós)
εἴσδοσις (eísdosis)
ἔκδοσις (ékdosis)
ἔνδοσις (éndosis)
ἐξανάδοσις (exanádosis)
ἐπανάδοσις (epanádosis)
ἐπίδοσις (epídosis)
Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios)
κατάδοσις (katádosis)
λημψαπόδοσις (lēmpsapódosis)
μετάδοσις (metádosis)
μεταπαράδοσις (metaparádosis)
παράδοσις (parádosis)
πατροπαράδοσις (patroparádosis)
περίδοσις (perídosis)
πρόδοσις (pródosis)
προέκδοσις (proékdosis)
πρόσδοσις (prósdosis)
σύνδοσις (súndosis)
συνένδοσις (sunéndosis)
ὑπόδοσις (hupódosis)

Descendants

→ Late Latin: dosis (see there for further descendants)