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Δίιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Δίιος

Structure: Διι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Di/s Zeu/s

Sense

  1. of Zeus

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Δίιος Διίᾱ Δίιον
Genitive Διίου Διίᾱς Διίου
Dative Διίῳ Διίᾱͅ Διίῳ
Accusative Δίιον Διίᾱν Δίιον
Vocative Δίιε Διίᾱ Δίιον
DualN/A/V Διίω Διίᾱ Διίω
G/D Διίοιν Διίαιν Διίοιν
PluralNominative Δίιοι Δίιαι Δίια
Genitive Διίων Διιῶν Διίων
Dative Διίοις Διίαις Διίοις
Accusative Διίους Διίᾱς Δίια
Vocative Δίιοι Δίιαι Δίια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Δίιος Διίου Διιώτερος Διιωτέρου Διιώτατος Διιωτάτου
Adverb Διίως Διιώτερον Διιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πολλὰσ διὰ μέσου ποιούμενον ἐπιστάσεισ, εἶτ’ αὖθισ ὁρμὰσ καὶ ἐπιπηδήσεισ, ἀλλὰ λείωσ καὶ ὁμαλῶσ τοῦ πρόσθεν ἐπιλαμβανόμενον ἀεὶ καὶ διϊὸν ἀπταίστωσ διὰ τοῦ λόγου τεκμήριον ἑαυτῷ ποιήσαιτο προκοπῆσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 3 4:1)
  • "ὅταν οὖν ἄνεσισ γένηται καὶ τὸ θερμὸν ἐκ τῶν μέσων ἀπίῃ, σκιδνάμενον αὖθισ ὑπονοστεῖ καὶ διιόν, ὡσ πέφυκε, πάντῃ τὸ νοτερὸν ἅμα τοῖσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 9:22)
  • διϊὸν γὰρ αὖ σημαίνει, ἀλλ’ οὐ δέον, τἀγαθόν, ὅπερ δὴ ἐπαινεῖ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 216:1)

Synonyms

  1. of Zeus

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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