δισσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῐττός (dĭttós) — Attic
• δῐξός (dĭxós) — Ionic

Etymology

From δίχα (díkha, “asunder; differently”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dis.sós/ → /ðisˈsos/ → /ðiˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dis.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /disˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðisˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðisˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈsos/

Adjective

δῐσσός • (dĭssós) m (feminine δῐσσή, neuter δῐσσόν); first/second declension

1. twofold, double
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.44
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.70
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 198D
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.4.5
2. (in the plural) two
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 1.67
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.40
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.52
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 957
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 57
3. (figuratively) divided, disagreeing in mind
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 122
   1. doubtful, ambiguous
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 645
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 2.3.3

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐσσός; δῐσσή; δῐσσόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐσσός dĭssós	δῐσσή dĭssḗ	δῐσσόν dĭssón		δῐσσώ dĭssṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dĭssā́	δῐσσώ dĭssṓ		δῐσσοί dĭssoí	δῐσσαί dĭssaí	δῐσσᾰ́ dĭssắ
Genitive		δῐσσοῦ dĭssoû	δῐσσῆς dĭssês	δῐσσοῦ dĭssoû		δῐσσοῖν dĭssoîn	δῐσσαῖν dĭssaîn	δῐσσοῖν dĭssoîn		δῐσσῶν dĭssôn	δῐσσῶν dĭssôn	δῐσσῶν dĭssôn
Dative		δῐσσῷ dĭssôi	δῐσσῇ dĭssêi	δῐσσῷ dĭssôi		δῐσσοῖν dĭssoîn	δῐσσαῖν dĭssaîn	δῐσσοῖν dĭssoîn		δῐσσοῖς dĭssoîs	δῐσσαῖς dĭssaîs	δῐσσοῖς dĭssoîs
Accusative		δῐσσόν dĭssón	δῐσσήν dĭssḗn	δῐσσόν dĭssón		δῐσσώ dĭssṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dĭssā́	δῐσσώ dĭssṓ		δῐσσούς dĭssoús	δῐσσᾱ́ς dĭssā́s	δῐσσᾰ́ dĭssắ
Vocative		δῐσσέ dĭssé	δῐσσή dĭssḗ	δῐσσόν dĭssón		δῐσσώ dĭssṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dĭssā́	δῐσσώ dĭssṓ		δῐσσοί dĭssoí	δῐσσαί dĭssaí	δῐσσᾰ́ dĭssắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δῐσσῶς dĭssôs				δῐσσότερος dĭssóteros				δῐσσότᾰτος dĭssótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• δοιός (doiós)

References

• “δισσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δισσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δισσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δισσός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δισσός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter