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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

ἐποίησε σελήνην εἰσ καιρούσ, ὁ ἥλιοσ ἔγνω τὴν δύσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:19)
ὧν θειότερον οὐ πῦρ ἐστιν οὐ φῶσ οὐχ ἡλίου δρόμοσ οὐκ ἀνατολαὶ καὶ δύσεισ ἄστρων οὐ τὸ ἀίδιον καὶ ἀθάνατον. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 13:1)
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)
τῶν δὲ δυνατῶν τὰ μὲν οὐκ ἂν κωλυθείη ποτέ, ὥσπερ τὰ κατ’ οὐρανόν, ἀνατολαὶ καὶ δύσεισ καὶ τὰ τούτοισ παραπλήσια· (Plutarch, De fato, section 6 6:3)
ὡσ δ’ ὅταν ἀπροφάτωσ ἱστόν νεόσ, εὖτε μάλιστα χειμερίη ὀλοοῖο δύσισ πέλει Ὠρίωνοσ, ὑψόθεν ἐμπλήξασα θοὴ ἀνέμοιο κατάιξ αὐτοῖσι σφήνεσσιν ὑπὲκ προτόνων ἐρύσηται· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 20:28)
οὔ μοι Πληιάδων φοβερὴ δύσισ, οὐδὲ θαλάσσησ ὠρῦον στυφελῷ κῦμα περὶ σκοπέλῳ, οὐδ’ ὅταν ἀστράπτῃ μέγασ οὐρανόσ, ὡσ κακὸν ἄνδρα ταρβέω, καὶ μύθων μνήμονασ ὑδροπότασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 311)
οὐ χεῖμα Νικόφημον, οὐκ ἄστρων δύσισ ἁλὸσ Λιβύσσησ κύμασιν κατέκλυσεν ἀλλ’ ἐν γαλήνῃ, φεῦ τάλασ, ἀνηνέμῳ πλόῳ πεδηθείσ, ἐφρύγη δίψευσ ὕπο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2931)
Ῥιγηλὴ ναύταισ ἐρίφων δύσισ, ἀλλὰ Πύρωνι πουλὺ γαληναίη χείματοσ ἐχθροτέρη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6401)
τὰ δὲ ἐν τοῖσ ἀετοῖσ, ἔστιν Ἄρτεμισ καὶ Λητὼ καὶ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Μοῦσαι δύσισ τε Ἡλίου καὶ Διόνυσόσ τε καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ αἱ Θυιάδεσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 19 8:1)

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

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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

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