δασύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s, “shaggy”) +‎ -της (-tēs). Compare the similar formation of Latin dēnsitās.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.sý.tɛːs/ → /ðaˈsy.tis/ → /ðaˈsi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sý.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsy.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.tis/

Noun

δᾰσῠ́της • (dăsŭ́tēs) f (genitive δᾰσῠ́τητος); third declension

1. roughness, hairiness
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 2.499a.11
   • 1 CE – 100 CE, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, De Natura Deorum 27
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 3.35
2. (grammar) aspiration
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1456b32
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 10.47.10
   • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, Po.Herc. 994.33
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 14

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δᾰσῠ́της; τῆς δᾰσῠ́τητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰσῠ́της hē dăsŭ́tēs	τὼ δᾰσῠ́τητε tṑ dăsŭ́tēte	αἱ δᾰσῠ́τητες hai dăsŭ́tētes
Genitive	τῆς δᾰσῠ́τητος tês dăsŭ́tētos	τοῖν δᾰσῠτήτοιν toîn dăsŭtḗtoin	τῶν δᾰσῠτήτων tôn dăsŭtḗtōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰσῠ́τητῐ têi dăsŭ́tētĭ	τοῖν δᾰσῠτήτοιν toîn dăsŭtḗtoin	ταῖς δᾰσῠ́τησῐ / δᾰσῠ́τησῐν taîs dăsŭ́tēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰσῠ́τητᾰ tḕn dăsŭ́tētă	τὼ δᾰσῠ́τητε tṑ dăsŭ́tēte	τᾱ̀ς δᾰσῠ́τητᾰς tā̀s dăsŭ́tētăs
Vocative	δᾰσῠ́της dăsŭ́tēs	δᾰσῠ́τητε dăsŭ́tēte	δᾰσῠ́τητες dăsŭ́tētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “roughness”): ψῑλότης (psīlótēs)
• (antonym(s) of “aspiration”): ψῑλότης (psīlótēs)

Descendants

• Greek: δασύτητα (dasýtita)

References

• “δασύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δασύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δασύτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)