δύσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δύω (dúō, “to cause to sink, plunge”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dý.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdy.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.sis/
Noun
δῠ́σῐς • (dúsis) f (genitive δῠ́σεως); third declension
- setting of the sun or stars
- quarter in which the sun sets, west
- hiding-place
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δῠ́σῐς; τῆς δῠ́σεως (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῠ́σῐς hē dúsis | τὼ δῠ́σει tṑ dúsei | αἱ δῠ́σεις hai dúseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῠ́σεως tês dúseōs | τοῖν δῠσέοιν toîn duséoin | τῶν δῠ́σεων tôn dúseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῠ́σει têi dúsei | τοῖν δῠσέοιν toîn duséoin | ταῖς δῠ́σεσῐ / δῠ́σεσῐν taîs dúsesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῠ́σῐν tḕn dúsin | τὼ δῠ́σει tṑ dúsei | τᾱ̀ς δῠ́σεις tā̀s dúseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῠ́σῐ dúsi | δῠ́σει dúsei | δῠ́σεις dúseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῠτῐκός (dutikós)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓νᾰ́δῠσῐς (anádusis)
- ᾰ̓ντῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (antikatádusis)
- ᾰ̓πέκδῠσῐς (apékdusis)
- ᾰ̓πόδῠσῐς (apódusis)
- δῐᾰ́δῠσῐς (diádusis)
- δῐείσδῠσῐς (dieísdusis)
- δῐέκδῠσῐς (diékdusis)
- εἴσδῠσῐς (eísdusis)
- ἔκδῠσῐς (ékdusis)
- ἔνδῠσῐς (éndusis)
- ἐπῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (epikatádusis)
- κᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (katádusis)
- πᾰρᾰ́δῠσῐς (parádusis)
- πᾰρείσδῠσῐς (pareísdusis)
- πρόδῠσῐς (pródusis)
- σῠγκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (sunkatádusis)
- ῠ̔πέκδῠσῐς (hupékdusis)
- ῠ̔πόδῠσῐς (hupódusis)
References
- “δύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δύσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δύσις 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.
- set idem, page 756.
- settings idem, page 758.