δοιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to δύο (dúo, “two”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /doi̯.ós/ → /ðyˈos/ → /ðiˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /doi̯.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dyˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðyˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðyˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos/

Adjective

δοιός • (doiós) m (feminine δοιή, neuter δοιόν); first/second declension (Epic)

1. (in the singular) twofold, double
2. (in the dual, in the plural) two

Inflection

First and second declension of δοιός; δοιή; δοιόν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δοιός doiós	δοιή doiḗ	δοιόν doión		δοιώ doiṓ	δοιᾱ́ doiā́	δοιώ doiṓ		δοιοί doioí	δοιαί doiaí	δοιᾰ́ doiá
Genitive		δοιοῦ / δοιοῖο / δοιόο doioû / doioîo / doióo	δοιῆς doiês	δοιοῦ / δοιοῖο / δοιόο doioû / doioîo / doióo		δοιοῖῐν doioîin	δοιαῖν / δοιαῖῐν / δοιῇῐν doiaî(i)n / doiêiin	δοιοῖῐν doioîin		δοιῶν doiôn	δοιᾱ́ων / δοιέ͜ων / δοιῶν doiā́ōn / doié͜ōn / doiôn	δοιῶν doiôn
Dative		δοιῷ doiôi	δοιῇ doiêi	δοιῷ doiôi		δοιοῖῐν doioîin	δοιαῖν / δοιαῖῐν / δοιῇῐν doiaî(i)n / doiêiin	δοιοῖῐν doioîin		δοιοῖσῐ / δοιοῖσῐν / δοιοῖς doioîsi(n) / doioîs	δοιῇσῐ / δοιῇσῐν / δοιῇς / δοιαῖς doiêisi(n) / doiêis / doiaîs	δοιοῖσῐ / δοιοῖσῐν / δοιοῖς doioîsi(n) / doioîs
Accusative		δοιόν doión	δοιήν doiḗn	δοιόν doión		δοιώ doiṓ	δοιᾱ́ doiā́	δοιώ doiṓ		δοιούς doioús	δοιᾱ́ς doiā́s	δοιᾰ́ doiá
Vocative		δοιέ doié	δοιή doiḗ	δοιόν doión		δοιώ doiṓ	δοιᾱ́ doiā́	δοιώ doiṓ		δοιοί doioí	δοιαί doiaí	δοιᾰ́ doiá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δοιῶς doiôs				δοιότερος doióteros				δοιότᾰτος doiótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• δισσός (dissós)

References

• “δοιοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963