δασεῖα

See also: δασεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the adjective δᾰσῠ́ς (dasús): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms, in elliptical usage for ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (hē daseîa prosōidíā, “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/

Noun

δᾰσεῖᾰ • (daseîa) f (genitive δᾰσείᾱς); first declension (Koine)

dasia (the spiritus asper, indicating rough breathing)
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Declension

First declension of ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ; τῆς δᾰσείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰσεῖᾰ hē daseîa	τὼ δᾰσείᾱ tṑ daseíā	αἱ δᾰσεῖαι hai daseîai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰσείᾱς tês daseíās	τοῖν δᾰσείαιν toîn daseíain	τῶν δᾰσειῶν tôn daseiôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰσείᾳ têi daseíāi	τοῖν δᾰσείαιν toîn daseíain	ταῖς δᾰσείαις taîs daseíais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰσεῖᾰν tḕn daseîan	τὼ δᾰσείᾱ tṑ daseíā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰσείᾱς tā̀s daseíās
Vocative	δᾰσεῖᾰ daseîa	δᾰσείᾱ daseíā	δᾰσεῖαι daseîai
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)}

Descendants

English: dasia
Greek: δασεία (daseía)
Latin: dasea

References

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

Adjective

δᾰσεῖᾰ • (daseîa)

nominative feminine singular of δᾰσῠ́ς (dasús)
vocative feminine singular of δᾰσῠ́ς (dasús)