δοθιήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.tʰi.ɛ̌ːn/ → /ðo.θiˈin/ → /ðo.θiˈin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.tʰi.ɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.tʰiˈe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/

Noun

δοθῐήν • (dothĭḗn) m (genitive δοθῐῆνος); third declension

1. small abscess, boil

   Synonyms: δοθιών (dothiṓn), φλυκτίς (phluktís)

   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Humors 20
   • 500 BCE – 350 BCE, Hermippus, Collected Works 30
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1172
   • 5th century BC, Telecleides 43
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.128.6

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δοθῐήν; τοῦ δοθῐῆνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δοθῐήν ho dothĭḗn	τὼ δοθῐῆνε tṑ dothĭêne	οἱ δοθῐῆνες hoi dothĭênes
Genitive	τοῦ δοθῐῆνος toû dothĭênos	τοῖν δοθῐήνοιν toîn dothĭḗnoin	τῶν δοθῐήνων tôn dothĭḗnōn
Dative	τῷ δοθῐῆνῐ tôi dothĭênĭ	τοῖν δοθῐήνοιν toîn dothĭḗnoin	τοῖς δοθῐῆσῐ / δοθῐῆσῐν toîs dothĭêsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δοθῐῆνᾰ tòn dothĭênă	τὼ δοθῐῆνε tṑ dothĭêne	τοὺς δοθῐῆνᾰς toùs dothĭênăs
Vocative	δοθῐήν dothĭḗn	δοθῐῆνε dothĭêne	δοθῐῆνες dothĭênes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοθῐηνῐκόν (dothĭēnĭkón)

Descendants

• English: dothienenteritis, dothienic
• Greek: δοθιήνας (dothiínas)

References

• “δοθῐήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δοθιήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δοθιήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοθιήν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)