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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

Οροσ ἐστὶ Πυρήνη διῆκον ἀπὸ τῆσ Τυρρηνικῆσ θαλάσσησ ἐπὶ τὸν βόρειον ὠκεανόν, οἰκοῦσι δ’ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ μὲν ἑώ Κελτοί, ὅσοι Γαλάται τε καὶ Γάλλοι νῦν προσαγορεύονται, πρὸσ δὲ δύσεων Ἴβηρέσ τε καὶ Κελτίβηρεσ, ἀρχόμενοι μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ Τυρρηνικοῦ πελάγουσ, περιιόντεσ δ’ ἐν κύκλῳ διὰ τῶν Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν ἐπὶ τὸν βόρειον ὠκεανόν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 1 1:1)
τήν τε Ῥωμαίων ἰσχύν, γῆσ ἤδη καὶ θαλάσσησ ἐκ δύσεων ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην κρατοῦσαν, ἐχειρώσατο βίᾳ καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ πολὺ βεβαιότερον καὶ πολὺ ἐγκρατέστερον Σύλλα βασιλέα τε αὑτὸν ἀπέφηνεν ἀκόντων, εἰ καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν οὐκ ἐδέχετο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 21 2:9)
"Διὸ δὴ κἂν πλείουσ αἰτίασ εὑρίσκωμεν τροπῶν καὶ δύσεων καὶ ἀνατολῶν καὶ ἐκλείψεων καὶ τῶν τοιουτοτρόπων, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ κατὰ μέροσ γινομένοισ ἦν, οὐ δεῖ νομίζειν τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χρείαν ἀκρίβειαν μὴ ἀπειληφέναι, ὅση πρὸσ τὸ ἀτάραχον καὶ μακάριον ἡμῶν συντείνει. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 79:3)
ἐπιγεγράφθαι δὲ καὶ διῃρῆσθαι καθ’ ἕκαστον πῆχυν τὰσ ἡμέρασ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, παραγεγραμμένων τῶν κατὰ φύσιν γινομένων τοῖσ ἄστροισ ἀνατολῶν τε καὶ δύσεων καὶ τῶν διὰ ταύτασ ἐπιτελουμένων ἐπισημασιῶν κατὰ τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ ἀστρολόγουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 49 5:4)
ὁμολογεῖται δ’ ὑψηλὸν γεγενῆσθαι καθ’ ὑπερβολήν, καὶ τοὺσ Χαλδαίουσ ἐν αὐτῷ τὰσ τῶν ἄστρων πεποιῆσθαι παρατηρήσεισ, ἀκριβῶσ θεωρουμένων τῶν τ’ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δύσεων διὰ τὸ τοῦ κατασκευάσματοσ ὕψοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 9 4:3)

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

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setting of the sun or stars

quarter in which the sun sets

hiding-place

Related

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