δασύς

From Proto-Indo-European *dn̥s-, zero-grade of *dens- (“thick, dense”). Cognate with Latin dēnsus.

δᾰσῠ́ς • (dăsŭ́s) m (feminine δᾰσεῖᾰ, neuter δᾰσύ); first/third declension

1. hairy, shaggy

   Synonyms: βλοσυρός (blosurós), πολύτριχος (polútrikhos)

   Antonym: ψῑλός (psīlós)

2. (of birds, animals, etc.) downy
3. (of shields of skin) with the hair on
4. (of places) thickly wooded, bushy
5. (of terrain) rough
6. (of urine) cloudy
7. hoarse
8. (phonetics, of a vowel) with rough breathing, as in ἁ (ha), ἑ (he), ἡ (hē), ἱ (hi), ὁ (ho), ὑ (hu), ὡ (hō)

   Coordinate term: ψῑλός (psīlós)

9. (phonetics, of a consonant) aspirated, as in φ (ph), θ (th), χ (kh)

   Coordinate term: ψῑλός (psīlós)

• “δασύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δασύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δασύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δασύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δασύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δασύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brushwood idem, page 102.
  • bushy idem, page 106.
  • hairy idem, page 381.
  • leafy idem, page 482.
  • scrub idem, page 743.
  • shaggy idem, page 760.
  • thick idem, page 865.
  • undergrowth idem, page 913.
  • wooded idem, page 987.
  • woody idem, page 987.

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús).

δασύς • (dasýs) m (feminine δασεία, neuter δασύ)

1. (phonetics, phonology) aspirated

• δασύτητα (dasýtita)

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