δασεία

See also: δασεῖα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sěː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.a/

Adjective

δᾰσείᾱ • (dăseíā)

feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s)

Noun

δᾰσείᾱ • (dăseíā)

nominative/accusative/vocative dual of δᾰσεῖᾰ (dăseîă)

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.a/
Hyphenation: δα‧σεί‧α

Etymology 1

Learnedly, from Koine Greek δασεῖα (daseîa), substantivised feminine form of the ancient δασύς (dasús).

Noun

δασεία • (daseía) f (plural δασείες)

(typography, grammar) rough breathing, spiritus asper (Ancient Greek diacritical mark)

Declension

Declension of **δασεία**
	singular	plural
nominative	δασεία (daseía)	δασείες (daseíes)
genitive	δασείας (daseías)	δασειών (daseión)
accusative	δασεία (daseía)	δασείες (daseíes)
vocative	δασεία (daseía)	δασείες (daseíes)

Antonyms

ψιλή f (psilí, “smooth breathing”)

See also

δασεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Etymology 2

Inflectional form.

Adjective

δασεία • (daseía)

nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of δασύς (dasýs)

Further reading

δασεία, δασύς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language