δασεῖα

See also: δασεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the adjective δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms, in elliptical usage for ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (hē dăseîă prosōidĭ́ā, “the aspiratory diacritic”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sêː.a/
(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

δᾰσεῖᾰ • (dăseîă)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s)

Noun

δᾰσεῖᾰ • (dăseîă) f (genitive δᾰσείᾱς); first declension

(Koine, orthography) rough breathing (diacritical mark indicating aspiration)
Synonym: δᾰσῠ̀ πνεῦμα (dăsŭ̀ pneûma)

Coordinate terms: ψῑλή (psīlḗ), ψῑλὸν πνεῦμα (psīlòn pneûma)

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Declension

First declension of ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ; τῆς δᾰσείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ hē dăseîă	τὼ δᾰσείᾱ tṑ dăseíā	αἱ δᾰσεῖαι hai dăseîai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰσείᾱς tês dăseíās	τοῖν δᾰσείαιν toîn dăseíain	τῶν δᾰσειῶν tôn dăseiôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰσείᾳ tēî dăseíāi	τοῖν δᾰσείαιν toîn dăseíain	ταῖς δᾰσείαις taîs dăseíais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰσεῖᾰν tḕn dăseîăn	τὼ δᾰσείᾱ tṑ dăseíā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰσείᾱς tā̀s dăseíās
Vocative	δᾰσεῖᾰ dăseîă	δᾰσείᾱ dăseíā	δᾰσεῖαι dăseîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

(προσῳδίαι ἑλληνικαί) προσῳδία; βαρεῖα ⟨ ` ⟩, βραχεῖα ⟨ ˘ ⟩, δασεῖα ⟨ ῾ ⟩, διαίρεσις ⟨ ¨ ⟩, κορωνίς ⟨ ᾽ ⟩, μακρά ⟨ ¯ ⟩, ὀξεῖα ⟨ ´ ⟩, περισπωμένη ⟨ ῀ ⟩, προσγεγραμμένη ⟨ ι ⟩, ὑπογεγραμμένη ⟨ ͺ ⟩, ψιλή ⟨ ᾿ ⟩ ^{(Category: grc:Diacritical marks)}

Related terms

δᾰσῠ́ (dăsŭ́)

Descendants

English: dasia
Greek: δασεία (daseía)
Latin: dasea
Russian: даси́я (dasíja)

References

“δᾰσύς A.II.2”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press