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δύσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσις δύσεως

Structure: δυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: du/w

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

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

  • ἐποίησε σελήνην εἰσ καιρούσ, ὁ ἥλιοσ ἔγνω τὴν δύσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:19)
  • εἰσ πολλὴν καὶ ἀμήχανον ἐκπεσόντασ ὑπὸ τῆσ πρώτησ γενέσεωσ ἀπορίαν ἔτι μὲν οὐρανὸν ἔκρυπτεν ἀήρ, καὶ ἄστρα θολερῷ καὶ δυσδιαστατοῦντι πεφυρμένα ὑγρῷ καὶ πυρὶ καὶ ζάλαισ ἀνέμων οὔπω δ’ ἥλιοσ ἵδρυτο ἀπλανῆ καὶ βέβαιον ἔχων δρόμον ἠὼ καὶ δύσιν ἔκρινεν, περὶ δ’ ἢγαγεν αὖθισ ὀπίσσω καρποφόροισιν ἐπιστέψασ κάλυκοσ στεφάνοισιν ὡρ́ασ· (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 2 4:1)
  • πλεῖν μὲν γὰρ ἔφη ἐξ Ἰταλίασ Ἀθήναζε περὶ δύσιν Πλειάδοσ συλλογιμαίουσ τινὰσ ἀνθρώπουσ κομίζων, ἐν δὲ τούτοισ εἶναι τὸν Εὐθύδικον καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ Δάμωνα, Χαλκιδέα καὶ τοῦτον, ἑταῖρον αὐτοῦ· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 19:3)
  • διόπερ μάγειρον ὅταν ἴδῃσ ἀγράμματον μὴ Δημόκριτόν τε πάντα διανεγνωκότα, μᾶλλον δὲ κατέχοντα καταγέλα ὡσ κενοῦ, καὶ τὸν Ἐπικούρου κανόνα, μινθώσασ ἄφεσ ὡσ ἐκ διατριβῆσ, τοῦτο δεῖ γάρ εἰδέναι, τίν’ ἔχει διαφορὰν πρῶτον, ὦ βέλτιστε σύ, γλαυκίσκοσ ἐν χειμῶνι καὶ θέρει πάλιν ποῖοσ περὶ δύσιν Πλειάδοσ συνειδέναι ἰχθὺσ ὑπὸ τροπὰσ τ’ ἐστὶ χρησιμώτατοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 60 2:2)
  • ὅτι δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἥλιοσ ἐπὶ ποτηρίου διεκομίζετο ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν Στησίχοροσ μὲν οὕτωσ φησίν ἀέλιοσ δ’ Ὑπεριονίδασ δέπασ ἐσκατέβαινε χρύσεον, ὄφρα δι’ ’ Ὠκεανοῖο περάσασ ἀφίκοιθ’ ἱερᾶσ ποτὶ βένθεα νυκτὸσ ἐρεμνᾶσ ποτὶ ματέρα κουριδίαν τ’ ἄλοχον πάιδὰσ τε φίλουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 38 2:1)
  • καὶ εἶδε Χὰμ ὁ πατὴρ Χαναὰν τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἀνήγγειλε τοῖσ δυσὶν ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ ἔξω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:22)
  • καὶ ὠργίσθη Φαραὼ ἐπὶ τοῖσ δυσὶν εὐνούχοισ αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τῷ ἀρχιοινοχόῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀρχισιτοποιῷ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:2)
  • καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀνδρὶ Ἐλιμέλεχ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ Νεωμίν, καὶ ὄνομα τοῖσ δυσὶν υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ Μααλὼν καὶ Χελαιών, Ἐφραθαῖοι ἐκ Βηθλεὲμ τῆσ Ἰούδα. καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰσ ἀγρὸν Μωὰβ καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:2)
  • καί γε σὺ ἔγνωσ ὅσα ἐποίησέ μοι Ἰωὰβ υἱὸσ Σαρουί̈ασ, ὅσα ἐποίησε τοῖσ δυσὶν ἄρχουσι τῶν δυνάμεων Ἰσραήλ, τῷ Ἀβεννὴρ υἱῷ Νὴρ καὶ τῷ Ἀμεσσαί̈ υἱῷ Ἰεθέρ, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἔταξε τὰ αἵματα πολέμου ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἔδωκεν αἷμα ἀθῷον ἐν τῇ ζώνῃ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἐν τῇ ὀσφύϊ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑποδήματι αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐν τῶ ποδὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 2:5)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐν ταῖσ δυσὶν αὐλαῖσ οἴκου Κυρίου (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 21:5)

Synonyms

  1. setting of the sun or stars

  2. quarter in which the sun sets

  3. hiding-place

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