δῖος
See also: Διός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *diyyos, from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós (“heavenly”), from *dyew- (“sky”) + *-yós. Cognate with Sanskrit दिव्य (divyá), and related to Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”), Latin deus (“god”), and the first element of English Tuesday.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dîː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.os/
Adjective
δῖος • (dîos)
- (poetic) heavenly, divine, noble (Homeric epithet of persons and gods)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.5–7:
- Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή,
ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.- Diòs d’ eteleíeto boulḗ,
ex hoû dḕ tà prôta diastḗtēn erísante
Atreḯdēs te ánax andrôn kaì dîos Akhilleús. - and the will of Zeus was fulfilled,
starting when they first stood apart and quarreled:
[Agamemnon] the son of Atreus, lord of men, and divine Achilles.
- Diòs d’ eteleíeto boulḗ,
- Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή,
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δῖος dîos |
δῖᾰ / δῑ́ᾱ dîa / dī́ā |
δῖον dîon |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῑ́ᾱ dī́ā |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῖοι dîoi |
δῖαι dîai |
δῖᾰ dîa | |||||
Genitive | δῑ́ου / δῑοῖο / δῑ́οιο / δῑόο / δῑ́οο dī́ou / dīoîo / dī́oio / dīóo / dī́oo |
δῑ́ᾱς dī́ās |
δῑ́ου / δῑοῖο / δῑ́οιο / δῑόο / δῑ́οο dī́ou / dīoîo / dī́oio / dīóo / dī́oo |
δῑ́οιῐν dī́oiin |
δῑ́αιν / δῑ́αιῐν / δῑ́ῃῐν dī́ai(i)n / dī́ēiin |
δῑ́οιῐν dī́oiin |
δῑ́ων dī́ōn |
δῑᾱ́ων / δῑέ͜ων / δῑῶν dīā́ōn / dīé͜ōn / dīôn |
δῑ́ων dī́ōn | |||||
Dative | δῑ́ῳ dī́ōi |
δῑ́ᾳ dī́āi |
δῑ́ῳ dī́ōi |
δῑ́οιῐν dī́oiin |
δῑ́αιν / δῑ́αιῐν / δῑ́ῃῐν dī́ai(i)n / dī́ēiin |
δῑ́οιῐν dī́oiin |
δῑ́οισῐ / δῑ́οισῐν / δῑ́οις dī́oisi(n) / dī́ois |
δῑ́ῃσῐ / δῑ́ῃσῐν / δῑ́ῃς / δῑ́αις dī́ēisi(n) / dī́ēis / dī́ais |
δῑ́οισῐ / δῑ́οισῐν / δῑ́οις dī́oisi(n) / dī́ois | |||||
Accusative | δῖον dîon |
δῖᾰν dîan |
δῖον dîon |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῑ́ᾱ dī́ā |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῑ́ους dī́ous |
δῑ́ᾱς dī́ās |
δῖᾰ dîa | |||||
Vocative | δῖε dîe |
δῖᾰ / δῑ́ᾱ dîa / dī́ā |
δῖον dîon |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῑ́ᾱ dī́ā |
δῑ́ω dī́ō |
δῖοι dîoi |
δῖαι dîai |
δῖᾰ dîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῑ́ως dī́ōs |
δῑότερος dīóteros |
δῑότᾰτος dīótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- δῖος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δῖος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δῖος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δῖος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- δῖος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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