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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

  • ἔπειτα δὲ τῶν χωρίων τὰ μὲν ὠνόμαζε τὰ δὲ ὑπῃνίττετο τεκμηρίοισ τισί, Λιβύην μὲν καὶ Αἰθιοπίαν καὶ Σιδονίουσ καὶ Ἐρεμβούσ, οὓσ εἰκὸσ λέγειν Τρωγλοδύτασ Ἄραβασ, ῥητῶσ λέγων, τοὺσ δὲ πρὸσ ταῖσ ἀνατολαῖσ καὶ δύσεσιν αἰνιττόμενοσ ἐκ τοῦ τῷ ὠκεανῷ κλύζεσθαι· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 1 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. setting of the sun or stars

  2. quarter in which the sun sets

  3. hiding-place

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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