δρόσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of an intervocalic -σ- (-s-). Older theories include a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European root related to Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “dew”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dró.sos/ → /ˈðro.sos/ → /ˈðro.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dró.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdro.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðro.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðro.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðro.sos/

Noun

δρόσος • (drósos) f (genitive δρόσου); second declension

1. dew

   Synonym: ἕρση (hérsē)

2. (poetic) pure water
3. down on the cheek
4. young of animals

Declension

Second declension of ἡ δρόσος; τῆς δρόσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρόσος hē drósos	τὼ δρόσω tṑ drósō	αἱ δρόσοι hai drósoi
Genitive	τῆς δρόσου tês drósou	τοῖν δρόσοιν toîn drósoin	τῶν δρόσων tôn drósōn
Dative	τῇ δρόσῳ têi drósōi	τοῖν δρόσοιν toîn drósoin	ταῖς δρόσοις taîs drósois
Accusative	τὴν δρόσον tḕn dróson	τὼ δρόσω tṑ drósō	τᾱ̀ς δρόσους tā̀s drósous
Vocative	δρόσε dróse	δρόσω drósō	δρόσοι drósoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δροσερός (droserós)
• δροσία (drosía)
• δροσίζω (drosízō)
• δρόσιμος (drósimos)
• δροσινός (drosinós)
• δροσισμός (drosismós)
• δροσοβολέω (drosoboléō)
• δροσοβόλος (drosobólos)
• δροσογόνος (drosogónos)
• δροσοειδής (drosoeidḗs)
• δροσοείμων (drosoeímōn)
• δροσόεις (drosóeis)
• δροσόλιθος (drosólithos)
• δροσόμελι (drosómeli)
• δροσόομαι (drosóomai)
• δροσοπαγής (drosopagḗs)
• δροσοπάχνη (drosopákhnē)
• δροσοφορία (drosophoría)
• δροσοφόρος (drosophóros)
• δροσόω (drosóō)
• δροσώδης (drosṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: δρόσος (drósos)

Further reading

• “δρόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δρόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δρόσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δρόσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)