δύη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δύα (dúa) — Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w-, *dew-, *dū- (“to injure, destroy, burn”). Compare Sanskrit दू (dū, “pain, distress”), Latin duellum (“war”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dý.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdy.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.i/
Noun
δῠ́η • (dŭ́ē) f (genitive δῠ́ης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῠ́η hē dŭ́ē |
τὼ δῠ́ᾱ tṑ dŭ́ā |
αἱ δῠ́αι hai dŭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῠ́ης tês dŭ́ēs |
τοῖν δῠ́αιν toîn dŭ́ain |
τῶν δῠῶν tôn dŭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῠ́ῃ tēî dŭ́ēi |
τοῖν δῠ́αιν toîn dŭ́ain |
ταῖς δῠ́αις taîs dŭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῠ́ην tḕn dŭ́ēn |
τὼ δῠ́ᾱ tṑ dŭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς δῠ́ᾱς tā̀s dŭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῠ́η dŭ́ē |
δῠ́ᾱ dŭ́ā |
δῠ́αι dŭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δύη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δύη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δύη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δύη 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.
- anguish idem, page 29.
- distress idem, page 242.
- dolefulness idem, page 246.
- grief idem, page 373.
- heaviness idem, page 393.
- lamentation idem, page 474.
- melancholy idem, page 524.
- misery idem, page 534.
- pain idem, page 588.
- sadness idem, page 730.
- sorrow idem, page 795.
- torment idem, page 881.
- trouble idem, page 897.
- unhappiness idem, page 920.