δύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύω (dúō, “to cause to sink, plunge”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

δῠ́σῐς • (dúsis) f (genitive δῠ́σεως); third declension

1. setting of the sun or stars
2. quarter in which the sun sets, west
3. 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῠτῐκός (dutikós)

Related terms

• δῐείσδῠσῐς (dieísdusis)
• δῐέκδῠσῐς (diékdusis)
• δῐᾰ́δῠσῐς (diádusis)
• εἴσδῠσῐς (eísdusis)
• ἔκδῠσῐς (ékdusis)
• ἔνδῠσῐς (éndusis)
• ἐπῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (epikatádusis)
• κᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (katádusis)
• πρόδῠσῐς (pródusis)
• πᾰρείσδῠσῐς (pareísdusis)
• πᾰρᾰ́δῠσῐς (parádusis)
• σῠγκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (sunkatádusis)
• ᾰ̓ντῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (antikatádusis)
• ᾰ̓νᾰ́δῠσῐς (anádusis)
• ᾰ̓πέκδῠσῐς (apékdusis)
• ᾰ̓πόδῠσῐς (apódusis)
• 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 (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • set idem, page 756.
  • settings idem, page 758.