δασύστερνος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 4 June 2019

Etymology

From δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s, “hairy, shaggy”) +‎ στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breast”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.sýs.ter.nos/ → /ðaˈsys.ter.nos/ → /ðaˈsis.ter.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sýs.ter.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsys.ter.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsys.ter.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsys.ter.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsis.ter.nos/

Adjective

δᾰσύστερνος • (dăsústernos) m or f (neuter —); second declension

1. Having a hairy, shaggy chest.
   • Sophocles, Trachiniae, in Francis Storr (ed.), 555-561.

     ἦν μοι παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου ποτὲ
     θηρός, λέβητι χαλκέῳ κεκρυμμένον,
     ὃ παῖς ἔτ’ οὖσα τοῦ δασυστέρνου παρὰ
     Νέσσου φθίνοντος ἐκ φονῶν ἀνειλόμην,
     ὃς τὸν βαθύρρουν ποταμὸν Εὔηνον βροτοὺς
     μισθοῦ ’πόρευε χερσίν, οὔτε πομπίμοις
     κώπαις ἐρέσσων οὔτε λαίφεσιν νεώς.

     ên moi palaiòn dôron arkhaíou potè
     thērós, lébēti khalkéōi kekrumménon,
     hò paîs ét’ oûsa toû dasustérnou parà
     Néssou phthínontos ek phonôn aneilómēn,
     hòs tòn bathúrrhoun potamòn Eúēnon brotoùs
     misthoû ’póreue khersín, oúte pompímois
     kṓpais eréssōn oúte laíphesin neṓs.

     I had a gift, given to me long ago by a monster of olden time, and stored in an urn of bronze; a gift which, while yet a girl, I took up from the shaggy-breasted Nessus,—from his life-blood, as he lay dying; Nessus, who used to carry men in his arms for hire across the deep waters of the Evenus, using no oar to waft them, nor sail of ship. (Translated by Richard C. Jebb; see Wikisource)

Declension

Second declension of δᾰσύστερνος; δᾰσύστερνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δᾰσύστερνος dăsústernos		δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσύστερνοι dăsústernoi		δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Genitive		δᾰσυστέρνου dăsustérnou		δᾰσυστέρνου dăsustérnou		δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin		δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin		δᾰσυστέρνων dăsustérnōn		δᾰσυστέρνων dăsustérnōn
Dative		δᾰσυστέρνῳ dăsustérnōi		δᾰσυστέρνῳ dăsustérnōi		δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin		δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin		δᾰσυστέρνοις dăsustérnois		δᾰσυστέρνοις dăsustérnois
Accusative		δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon		δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσυστέρνους dăsustérnous		δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Vocative		δᾰσύστερνε dăsústerne		δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō		δᾰσύστερνοι dăsústernoi		δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δᾰσυστέρνως dăsustérnōs				δᾰσυστερνότερος dăsusternóteros				δᾰσυστερνότᾰτος dăsusternótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δασύστερνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δασύστερνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)