δυσμαί

See also: Δυσμαί and δυσμᾷ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • δυθμαί (duthmaí) — Doric

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῠσμαί • (dusmaí) f (chiefly in the plural)

  1. nominative/vocative plural of δῠσμή (dusmḗ, “setting of the sun; sunset; region where the Sun sets; the west, occident”)

Noun

δυσμαί • (dusmaí) f (genitive δῠσμῶν); first declension

  1. the setting of the Sun or other stars
  2. the quarter of sunset; the region where the sun sets; ergo, the west, the occident
    Synonyms: δύσις (dúsis), δύσμα (dúsma)
    Antonym: ἀνατολή (anatolḗ)

Inflection
First declension of αἱ δῠσμαί; τῶν δῠσμῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ δῠσμαί
hai dusmaí
Genitive τῶν δῠσμῶν / δῠσμάων / δῠσμᾶν / δυσμέων
tôn dusmôn / dusmáōn / dusmân / dusméōn
Dative ταῖς δῠσμαῖς
taîs dusmaîs
Accusative τᾱ̀ς δῠσμᾱ́ς
tā̀s dusmā́s
Vocative δῠσμαί
dusmaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυσμαί (dusmaí).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ðiˈzme/
  • Hyphenation: δυ‧σμαί

Proper noun

δυσμαί • (dysmaí) f pl (in the plural)

  1. west, occident
    Synonym: δύση (dýsi)
    Antonym: ανατολή (anatolí)

Declension
  δυσμαί
case     \     number plural
nominative δυσμαί •
genitive δυσμών •
accusative δυσμάς •
vocative δυσμαί •

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