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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

  • οἱο͂ν τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ζόφου καὶ τῆσ δύσεωσ ζέφυρον, τὸν δ’ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀνατολῆσ καὶ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀπηλιώτην, τὸν δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρκτων βορέαν, τὸν δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν νοτίων λίβα. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 2:2)
  • διατάξασ δὲ τἆλλα ὅσων ἐδεῖτο, μέχρι δύσεωσ ἡλίου πάντασ ἐν τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ κατασχὼν σκότουσ ὄντοσ ἤδη διέλυσε τὸν σύλλογον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 12, chapter 2 2:1)
  • ἡ δὲ Κελτικὴ κεῖται μὲν ἐν τῷ πρὸσ τὴν ἑσπέραν καθήκοντι τῆσ Εὐρώπησ μέρει μεταξὺ τοῦ τε βορείου πόλου καὶ τῆσ ἰσημερινῆσ δύσεωσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 1 1:1)
  • ἀγανακτήσεωσ δὲ μεγάλησ ἐξ ἁπάντων γενομένησ συναγαγόντεσ τὴν βουλὴν οἱ περὶ τὸν Αἰμίλιον ὕπατοι τί χρὴ πράττειν ἐσκόπουν, ἑώθεν ἀρξάμενοι μέχρι δύσεωσ ἡλίου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 19, chapter 6 2:2)
  • Ἄλφαγὰρ ἀντολίησ ἔλαχεν δύσεωσ δὲ τὸ δέλτα, ἄλφα πάλιν δ’ ἄρκτοιο, μεσημβρίησ δὲ τὸ λοιπόν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 1082)

Synonyms

  1. setting of the sun or stars

  2. quarter in which the sun sets

  3. hiding-place

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