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δύσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσις δύσεως

Structure: δυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: du/w

Sense

setting of the sun or stars
quarter in which the sun sets, west
hiding-place

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δύσις	δύσει	δύσεις
Genitive	δύσεως	δύσοιν	δύσεων
Dative	δύσει	δύσοιν	δύσεσιν*
Accusative	δύσιν	δύσει	δύσεις
Vocative	δύσι	δύσει	δύσεις

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

"ὅτι μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν οὕτωσ τῶν περὶ τὸν ἥλιον γιγνομένων ὅμοιόν ἐστιν, ὡσ ἔκλειψισ ἡλίου δύσει, δότε μοι, ταύτησ ἔναγχοσ τῆσ συνόδου μνησθέντεσ, ἣ πολλὰ μὲν ἄστρα πολλαχόθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διέφηνεν εὐθὺσ ἐκ μεσημβρίασ ἀρξαμένη, κρᾶσιν δ’ οἱάν τὸ λυκαυγὲσ τῷ ἀέρι παρέσχεν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 19 2:3)
ἢ δύσει μὲν καὶ ἀνατολῇ λαμβάνειν ἀρχὴν ἡμέρασ καὶ τελευτὴν οὐ δυνατόν ἐστιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 84 1:3)
ἢ δύσει μὲν καὶ ἀνατολῇ λαμβάνειν ἀρχὴν ἡμέρασ καὶ τελευτὴν οὐ δυνατόν ἐστιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 84 3:2)
περὶ μὲν οὖν Αἰθιόπων τῶν πρὸσ τῇ δύσει κατοικούντων ἀρκεσθησόμεθα τοῖσ ῥηθεῖσι, περὶ δὲ τῶν κατὰ τὴν μεσημβρίαν καὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλατταν κειμένων ἐν μέρει διέξιμεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 11 4:1)
προστίθησί τε τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ τοῦ μήκουσ διαστήμασιν ἄλλουσ σταδίουσ δισχιλίουσ μὲν πρὸσ τῇ δύσει, δισχιλίουσ δὲ πρὸσ τῇ ἀνατολῇ, ἵνα σώσῃ τὸ πλέον ἢ διπλάσιον τὸ μῆκοσ τοῦ πλάτουσ εἶναι. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 4 10:10)

Synonyms

setting of the sun or stars
- πανδυσία (the total setting of a star)
- φωστήρ (that which gives light, as the sun or stars)
quarter in which the sun sets
- ζόφος (the dark quarter, the west)
hiding-place
- ῥινόν (a hide)
- ῥινός (the hide, an ox-hide)

βληχρός (weak)
ἄνομβρος (without rain)
μῆνιγξ (membrane)
ἐκλάμπω (to shine or beam forth)
καικίας (the north-east wind)
ἀνατέλλω (to make to rise up or to grow up)
ἐμβύθιος (at the bottom)
καταιγίς (a storm descending from above)
Χάρυβδις (Charybdis)
πετρίδιον ()
ἀπόρρυτος (running)
ἠμάτιος (by day)
Στρυμών (the Strymon)
Ἀρκτοῦρος (the time of his rising)
ἀχλύω (to be or grow dark)
πεμπτάς (the number five)
τρίστοιχος (in three rows)
ἀγεληδόν (in herds or companies)
φάκελος (a bundle)
ἄξυλος (with no timber)
κλίσις (bending)
ὑπόψαμμος (having sand under)
νιφόβολος (snow-stricken)
ἀνάβασις (ascent)
κεραυνοβόλος (hurling the thunder)
δνοφερός (dark)
παρατείνω (to stretch out along or beside)
χειμερινός (of or in winter)
σταγών (a drop)
συνάγκεια ()

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δύσις

Sense

Declension

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setting of the sun or stars

quarter in which the sun sets

hiding-place

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δύσις

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

setting of the sun or stars

quarter in which the sun sets

hiding-place

Related

Similar forms

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