δόσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.sis/ → /ˈðo.sis/ → /ˈðo.sis/

• (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

1. giving, a gift
2. license, permission
3. portion
4. dose of medicine

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δόσῐς; τοῦ δόσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δόσῐς tò dósis	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	τᾰ̀ δόσεις tà dóseis
Genitive	τοῦ δόσεως toû dóseōs	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	τῶν δόσεων tôn dóseōn
Dative	τῷ δόσει tôi dósei	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	τοῖς δόσεσῐ / δόσεσῐν toîs dósesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δόσῐν tò dósin	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	τᾰ̀ δόσεις tà 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

• δοτικός (dotikós)
• Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios)

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀνάδοσις (anádosis)
• ἀνανταπόδοσις (anantapódosis)
• ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis)
• ἀντίδοσις (antídosis)
• ἀντιμετάδοσις (antimetádosis)
• ἀντιπαράδοσις (antiparádosis)
• ἀπέκδοσις (apékdosis)

• ἀπόδοσις (apódosis)
• διάδοσις (diádosis)
• ἐξανάδοσις (exanádosis)
• εἴσδοσις (eísdosis)
• ἔκδοσις (ékdosis)
• ἔνδοσις (éndosis)
• ἐπανάδοσις (epanádosis)

• ἐπίδοσις (epídosis)
• 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)

References

• “δόσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δόσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δόσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δόσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δόσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δόσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δόσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1394 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bequest idem, page 74.
  • bounty idem, page 91.
  • dole idem, page 246.
  • donation idem, page 247.
  • gift idem, page 359.
  • grant idem, page 369.
  • legacy idem, page 484.
  • offering idem, page 571.
  • payment idem, page 600.
  • present idem, page 636.