δασύστερνος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 4 June 2019

Etymology

From δᾰσῠ́ς (dăsŭ́s, “hairy, shaggy”) +‎ στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breast”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sýs.ter.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsys.ter.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsys.ter.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsys.ter.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsis.ter.nos/

Adjective

δᾰσύστερνος • (dăsústernos) m or f (neuter —); second declension

Having a hairy, shaggy chest.
- Sophocles, Trachiniae, in Francis Storr (ed.), 555-561.
  ἦν μοι παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου ποτὲ
  θηρός, λέβητι χαλκέῳ κεκρυμμένον,
  ὃ παῖς ἔτ’ οὖσα τοῦ δασυστέρνου παρὰ
  Νέσσου φθίνοντος ἐκ φονῶν ἀνειλόμην,
  ὃς τὸν βαθύρρουν ποταμὸν Εὔηνον βροτοὺς
  μισθοῦ ’πόρευε χερσίν, οὔτε πομπίμοις
  κώπαις ἐρέσσων οὔτε λαίφεσιν νεώς.
  ên moi palaiòn dôron arkhaíou potè
  thērós, lébēti khalkéōi kekrumménon,
  hò paîs ét’ oûsa toû dasustérnou parà
  Néssou phthínontos ek phonôn aneilómēn,
  hòs tòn bathúrrhoun potamòn Eúēnon brotoùs
  misthoû ’póreue khersín, oúte pompímois
  kṓpais eréssōn oúte laíphesin neṓs.
  I had a gift, given to me long ago by a monster of olden time, and stored in an urn of bronze; a gift which, while yet a girl, I took up from the shaggy-breasted Nessus,—from his life-blood, as he lay dying; Nessus, who used to carry men in his arms for hire across the deep waters of the Evenus, using no oar to waft them, nor sail of ship. (Translated by Richard C. Jebb; see Wikisource)

Declension

Second declension of δᾰσύστερνος; δᾰσύστερνον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δᾰσύστερνος dăsústernos	δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσύστερνοι dăsústernoi	δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Genitive	δᾰσυστέρνου dăsustérnou	δᾰσυστέρνου dăsustérnou	δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin	δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin	δᾰσυστέρνων dăsustérnōn	δᾰσυστέρνων dăsustérnōn
Dative	δᾰσυστέρνῳ dăsustérnōi	δᾰσυστέρνῳ dăsustérnōi	δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin	δᾰσυστέρνοιν dăsustérnoin	δᾰσυστέρνοις dăsustérnois	δᾰσυστέρνοις dăsustérnois
Accusative	δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon	δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσυστέρνους dăsustérnous	δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Vocative	δᾰσύστερνε dăsústerne	δᾰσύστερνον dăsústernon	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσυστέρνω dăsustérnō	δᾰσύστερνοι dăsústernoi	δᾰσύστερνᾰ dăsústernă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	δᾰσυστέρνως dăsustérnōs		δᾰσυστερνότερος dăsusternóteros		δᾰσυστερνότᾰτος dăsusternótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Adjective

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