δόσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. By surface analysis, δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.sis/

Noun

δόσῐς • (dósis) f (genitive δόσῐος or δόσεως); third declension

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δόσῐς; τῆς δόσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δόσῐς hē dósis	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	αἱ δόσεις hai dóseis
Genitive	τῆς δόσεως tês dóseōs	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	τῶν δόσεων tôn dóseōn
Dative	τῇ δόσει têi dósei	τοῖν δοσέοιν toîn doséoin	ταῖς δόσεσῐ / δόσεσῐν taîs dósesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δόσῐν tḕn dósin	τὼ δόσει tṑ dósei	τᾱ̀ς δόσεις tā̀s dóseis
Vocative	δόσῐ dósi	δόσει dósei	δόσεις dóseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀνάδοσις (anádosis)
ἀνανταπόδοσις (anantapódosis)
ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis)
ἀντίδοσις (antídosis)
ἀντιμετάδοσις (antimetádosis)
ἀντιπαράδοσις (antiparádosis)
ἀπέκδοσις (apékdosis)
ἀπόδοσις (apódosis)
διάδοσις (diádosis)
δοτικός (dotikós)
εἴσδοσις (eísdosis)
ἔκδοσις (ékdosis)
ἔνδοσις (éndosis)
ἐξανάδοσις (exanádosis)
ἐπανάδοσις (epanádosis)
ἐπίδοσις (epídosis)
Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios)
κατάδοσις (katádosis)
λημψαπόδοσις (lēmpsapódosis)
μετάδοσις (metádosis)
μεταπαράδοσις (metaparádosis)
παράδοσις (parádosis)
πατροπαράδοσις (patroparádosis)
περίδοσις (perídosis)
πρόδοσις (pródosis)
προέκδοσις (proékdosis)
πρόσδοσις (prósdosis)
σύνδοσις (súndosis)
συνένδοσις (sunéndosis)
ὑπόδοσις (hupódosis)

Descendants

→ Late Latin: dosis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“δόσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δόσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“δόσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
δόσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δόσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
δόσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“δόσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1394 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bequest idem, page 74.
- bounty idem, page 91.
- dole idem, page 246.
- donation idem, page 247.
- gift idem, page 359.
- grant idem, page 369.
- legacy idem, page 484.
- offering idem, page 571.
- payment idem, page 600.
- present idem, page 636.

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