δίοδος

From δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).

δίοδος • (díodos) f (genitive δῐόδου); second declension

1. passage, way through, thoroughfare

• Greek: δίοδος (díodos)

• διοδεύω (diodeúō)

• δίοδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίοδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δίοδος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δίοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • communication idem, page 149.
  • conduct idem, page 157.
  • corridor idem, page 176.
  • crossing idem, page 186.
  • passage idem, page 597.
  • safe-conduct idem, page 730.
  • thoroughfare idem, page 868.
  • way idem, page 968.

From Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage, way through”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).

δίοδος • (díodos) m (plural δίοδοι)

1. way, (mountain) pass, passage connecting two points

• (way): πέρασμα n (pérasma)

Semantic loan from English diode, formed from the Ancient Greek elements δι- (di-, “two”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).

δίοδος • (díodos) m (plural δίοδοι)

1. (physics, electronics) diode (electronic component)