διετήσιος

See also: διετής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ ἔτος (étos, “year”). Not to be confused with διετής (dietḗs, “lasting two years”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.e.tɛ̌ː.si.os/ → /ði.eˈti.si.os/ → /ði.eˈti.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.e.tɛ̌ː.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.eˈte̝.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/

Adjective

δῐετήσῐος • (dietḗsios) m or f (neuter δῐετήσῐον); second declension

1. year-round, lasting through the year
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.38.1:

     ἀγῶσι μέν γε καὶ θυσίαις διετησίοις νομίζοντες

     agôsi mén ge kaì thusíais dietēsíois nomízontes

     customarily holding competitions - as well as religious festivals - year-round

   • c. 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Inschriften von Priene 100:

     το[ὺς δὲ διετησί]ους ἄ̣[ρχοντας] εἰς τὴν α[ὑτοῦ] / [οἰκίαν ἐκάλεσε πάντας]

     to[ùs dè dietēsí]ous ạ́[rkhontas] eis tḕn a[hutoû] / [oikían ekálese pántas]

     [He called] the[m all] to his o[wn house], [the year-rou]nd a[rchontes]

Declension

Second declension of δῐετήσῐος; δῐετήσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐετήσῐος dietḗsios	δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion		δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō	δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō		δῐετήσῐοι dietḗsioi	δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia
Genitive		δῐετησῐ́ου dietēsíou	δῐετησῐ́ου dietēsíou		δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin	δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin		δῐετησῐ́ων dietēsíōn	δῐετησῐ́ων dietēsíōn
Dative		δῐετησῐ́ῳ dietēsíōi	δῐετησῐ́ῳ dietēsíōi		δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin	δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin		δῐετησῐ́οις dietēsíois	δῐετησῐ́οις dietēsíois
Accusative		δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion	δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion		δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō	δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō		δῐετησῐ́ους dietēsíous	δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia
Vocative		δῐετήσῐε dietḗsie	δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion		δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō	δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō		δῐετήσῐοι dietḗsioi	δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐετησῐ́ως dietēsíōs			δῐετησῐώτερος dietēsiṓteros			δῐετησῐώτᾰτος dietēsiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• διετήσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “διετήσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διετήσιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011