δοθιήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.tʰi.ɛ̌ːn/ → /ðo.θiˈin/ → /ðo.θiˈin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.tʰi.ɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.tʰiˈe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.θiˈin/

Noun

δοθῐήν • (dothiḗn) m (genitive δοθῐῆνος); third declension

1. small abscess, boil

   Synonyms: δοθιών (dothiṓn), φλυκτίς (phluktís)

   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Humors 20
   • 500 BCE – 350 BCE, Hermippus, Collected Works 30
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1172
   • 5th century BC, Telecleides 43
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.128.6

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δοθῐήν; τοῦ δοθῐῆνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δοθῐήν ho dothiḗn	τὼ δοθῐῆνε tṑ dothiêne	οἱ δοθῐῆνες hoi dothiênes
Genitive	τοῦ δοθῐῆνος toû dothiênos	τοῖν δοθῐήνοιν toîn dothiḗnoin	τῶν δοθῐήνων tôn dothiḗnōn
Dative	τῷ δοθῐῆνῐ tôi dothiêni	τοῖν δοθῐήνοιν toîn dothiḗnoin	τοῖς δοθῐῆσῐ / δοθῐῆσῐν toîs dothiêsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δοθῐῆνᾰ tòn dothiêna	τὼ δοθῐῆνε tṑ dothiêne	τοὺς δοθῐῆνᾰς toùs dothiênas
Vocative	δοθῐήν dothiḗn	δοθῐῆνε dothiêne	δοθῐῆνες dothiênes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοθῐηνῐκόν (dothiēnikón)

Descendants

• English: dothienenteritis, dothienic
• Greek: δοθιήνας (dothiínas)

References

• “δοθῐήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δοθιήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δοθιήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοθιήν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)