διετήσιος
See also: διετής
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom δια- (dia-, “through”) + ἔτος (étos, “year”). Not to be confused with διετής (dietḗs, “lasting two years”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.e.tɛ̌ː.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.eˈte̝.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.eˈti.si.os/
Adjective
editδῐετήσῐος • (dietḗsios) m or f (neuter δῐετήσῐον); second declension
- year-round, lasting through the year
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.38.1:
- ἀγῶσι μέν γε καὶ θυσίαις διετησίοις νομίζοντες
- agôsi mén ge kaì thusíais dietēsíois nomízontes
- customarily holding competitions - as well as religious festivals - year-round
- ἀγῶσι μέν γε καὶ θυσίαις διετησίοις νομίζοντες
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐετήσῐος dietḗsios |
δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετήσῐοι dietḗsioi |
δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐετησῐ́ου dietēsíou |
δῐετησῐ́ου dietēsíou |
δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin |
δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin |
δῐετησῐ́ων dietēsíōn |
δῐετησῐ́ων dietēsíōn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐετησῐ́ῳ dietēsíōi |
δῐετησῐ́ῳ dietēsíōi |
δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin |
δῐετησῐ́οιν dietēsíoin |
δῐετησῐ́οις dietēsíois |
δῐετησῐ́οις dietēsíois | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion |
δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετησῐ́ους dietēsíous |
δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐετήσῐε dietḗsie |
δῐετήσῐον dietḗsion |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετησῐ́ω dietēsíō |
δῐετήσῐοι dietḗsioi |
δῐετήσῐᾰ dietḗsia | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐετησῐ́ως dietēsíōs |
δῐετησῐώτερος dietēsiṓteros |
δῐετησῐώτᾰτος dietēsiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- διετήσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “διετήσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διετήσιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011