δύη

δύη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δύα (dúa) – Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w-, *dew-, *dū- (“to injure, destroy, burn”). Compare Sanskrit दू (dū, “pain, distress”), Latin duellum (“war”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dý.ɛː/ → /ˈðy.i/ → /ˈði.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dý.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdy.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.i/

Noun

δῠ́η • (dúē) f (genitive δῠ́ης); first declension

1. (poetic) misery, pain, anguish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῠ́η; τῆς δῠ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́η hē dúē	τὼ δῠ́ᾱ tṑ dúā	αἱ δῠ́αι hai dúai
Genitive	τῆς δῠ́ης tês dúēs	τοῖν δῠ́αιν toîn dúain	τῶν δῠῶν tôn duôn
Dative	τῇ δῠ́ῃ têi dúēi	τοῖν δῠ́αιν toîn dúain	ταῖς δῠ́αις taîs dúais
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́ην tḕn dúēn	τὼ δῠ́ᾱ tṑ dúā	τᾱ̀ς δῠ́ᾱς tā̀s dúās
Vocative	δῠ́η dúē	δῠ́ᾱ dúā	δῠ́αι dúai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δύη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δύη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δύη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δύη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anguish idem, page 29.
  • distress idem, page 242.
  • dolefulness idem, page 246.
  • grief idem, page 373.
  • heaviness idem, page 393.
  • lamentation idem, page 474.
  • melancholy idem, page 524.
  • misery idem, page 534.
  • pain idem, page 588.
  • sadness idem, page 730.
  • sorrow idem, page 795.
  • torment idem, page 881.
  • trouble idem, page 897.
  • unhappiness idem, page 920.