Oizys

English

Alternative forms

• Oezys

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).

Proper noun

Oizys

1. (Greek mythology) The (female) personification of pain and distress; said by Hesiod is his Theogony to be the offspring of Nyx (Night) and produced without the assistance of a father; identified with the Roman Miseria (Misery).
   • 1987, Richard S. Caldwell (translator), Hesiod, Theogony, Hackett Publishing Company (Focus), page 40,

     Next Momos and painful Oizys were born to the dark goddess Nyx, though she lay with no one,

Usage notes

• Oizys has no distinct mythology of her own. (See Oizys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
• The Roman equivalent, Miseria, is said by Cicero and Hyginus to be one of the offspring of Nox (the Roman equivalent of Nyx) and Erebus (darkness and shadow).

Translations

personification of pain and distress

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