δίοψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.op.sis/ → /ˈði.op.sis/ → /ˈði.op.sis/

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

Noun

δίοψῐς • (díopsis) f (genitive δίοψεως); third declension

1. a view through (something)
2. examination
3. transparency

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δίοψῐς; τῆς διόψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δίοψῐς hē díopsis	τὼ διόψει tṑ diópsei	αἱ διόψεις hai diópseis
Genitive	τῆς διόψεως tês diópseōs	τοῖν διοψέοιν toîn diopséoin	τῶν διόψεων tôn diópseōn
Dative	τῇ διόψει têi diópsei	τοῖν διοψέοιν toîn diopséoin	ταῖς διόψεσῐ / διόψεσῐν taîs diópsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δίοψῐν tḕn díopsin	τὼ διόψει tṑ diópsei	τᾱ̀ς διόψεις tā̀s diópseis
Vocative	δίοψῐ díopsi	διόψει diópsei	διόψεις diópseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ English: diopside

Further reading

• “δίοψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίοψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette