δύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύω (dúō, “to cause to sink, plunge”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dý.sis/ → /ˈðy.sis/ → /ˈði.sis/

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

Noun

δῠ́σῐς • (dŭ́sĭs) f (genitive δῠ́σεως); third declension

1. setting of the sun or stars
2. quarter in which the sun sets, west
3. hiding-place

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῠ́σῐς; τῆς δῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́σῐς hē dŭ́sĭs	τὼ δῠ́σει tṑ dŭ́sei	αἱ δῠ́σεις hai dŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς δῠ́σεως tês dŭ́seōs	τοῖν δῠσέοιν toîn dŭséoin	τῶν δῠ́σεων tôn dŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ δῠ́σει têi dŭ́sei	τοῖν δῠσέοιν toîn dŭséoin	ταῖς δῠ́σεσῐ / δῠ́σεσῐν taîs dŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́σῐν tḕn dŭ́sĭn	τὼ δῠ́σει tṑ dŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς δῠ́σεις tā̀s dŭ́seis
Vocative	δῠ́σῐ dŭ́sĭ	δῠ́σει dŭ́sei	δῠ́σεις dŭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

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	ἄρκτος (árktos) Βορέας (Boréas)
δύσις (dúsis) Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros)		ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) Εὖρος (Eûros)
	μεσημβρία (mesēmbría) Νότος (Nótos)

Derived terms

• δῠτῐκός (dŭtĭkós)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓νᾰ́δῠσῐς (ănắdŭsĭs)
• ᾰ̓ντῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (ăntĭkătắdŭsĭs)
• ᾰ̓πέκδῠσῐς (ăpékdŭsĭs)
• ᾰ̓πόδῠσῐς (ăpódŭsĭs)
• δῐᾰ́δῠσῐς (dĭắdŭsĭs)
• δῐείσδῠσῐς (dĭeísdŭsĭs)
• δῐέκδῠσῐς (dĭékdŭsĭs)
• εἴσδῠσῐς (eísdŭsĭs)
• ἔκδῠσῐς (ékdŭsĭs)
• ἔνδῠσῐς (éndŭsĭs)
• ἐπῐκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (epĭkătắdŭsĭs)
• κᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (kătắdŭsĭs)
• πᾰρᾰ́δῠσῐς (părắdŭsĭs)
• πᾰρείσδῠσῐς (păreísdŭsĭs)
• πρόδῠσῐς (pródŭsĭs)
• σῠγκᾰτᾰ́δῠσῐς (sŭnkătắdŭsĭs)
• ῠ̔πέκδῠσῐς (hŭpékdŭsĭs)
• ῠ̔πόδῠσῐς (hŭpódŭsĭs)

References

• “δύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δύσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δύσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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  • settings idem, page 758.