δισσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῐττός (dittós) — Attic
• δῐξός (dixós) — Ionic

Etymology

From δίχα (díkha, “asunder; differently”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dis.sós/ → /ðisˈsos/ → /ðiˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dis.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /disˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðisˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðisˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈsos/

Adjective

δῐσσός • (dissós) m (feminine δῐσσή, neuter δῐσσόν); first/second declension

1. twofold, double
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.44
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.70
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 198D
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.4.5
2. (in the plural) two
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 1.67
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.40
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.52
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 957
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 57
3. (figuratively) divided, disagreeing in mind
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 122
   1. doubtful, ambiguous
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 645
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 2.3.3

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐσσός; δῐσσή; δῐσσόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐσσός dissós	δῐσσή dissḗ	δῐσσόν dissón		δῐσσώ dissṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dissā́	δῐσσώ dissṓ		δῐσσοί dissoí	δῐσσαί dissaí	δῐσσᾰ́ dissá
Genitive		δῐσσοῦ dissoû	δῐσσῆς dissês	δῐσσοῦ dissoû		δῐσσοῖν dissoîn	δῐσσαῖν dissaîn	δῐσσοῖν dissoîn		δῐσσῶν dissôn	δῐσσῶν dissôn	δῐσσῶν dissôn
Dative		δῐσσῷ dissôi	δῐσσῇ dissêi	δῐσσῷ dissôi		δῐσσοῖν dissoîn	δῐσσαῖν dissaîn	δῐσσοῖν dissoîn		δῐσσοῖς dissoîs	δῐσσαῖς dissaîs	δῐσσοῖς dissoîs
Accusative		δῐσσόν dissón	δῐσσήν dissḗn	δῐσσόν dissón		δῐσσώ dissṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dissā́	δῐσσώ dissṓ		δῐσσούς dissoús	δῐσσᾱ́ς dissā́s	δῐσσᾰ́ dissá
Vocative		δῐσσέ dissé	δῐσσή dissḗ	δῐσσόν dissón		δῐσσώ dissṓ	δῐσσᾱ́ dissā́	δῐσσώ dissṓ		δῐσσοί dissoí	δῐσσαί dissaí	δῐσσᾰ́ dissá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δῐσσῶς dissôs				δῐσσότερος dissóteros				δῐσσότᾰτος dissótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• δοιός (doiós)

References

• “δισσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δισσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δισσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δισσός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δισσός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter