δίοδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δια- (dia-, “through”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.o.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.o.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.o.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.o.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.o.ðos/
Noun
δίοδος • (díodos) f (genitive δῐόδου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐ́οδος hē dĭ́odos |
τὼ δῐόδω tṑ dĭódō |
αἱ δῐ́οδοι hai dĭ́odoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐόδου tês dĭódou |
τοῖν δῐόδοιν toîn dĭódoin |
τῶν δῐόδων tôn dĭódōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐόδῳ tēî dĭódōi |
τοῖν δῐόδοιν toîn dĭódoin |
ταῖς δῐόδοις taîs dĭódois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐ́οδον tḕn dĭ́odon |
τὼ δῐόδω tṑ dĭódō |
τᾱ̀ς δῐόδους tā̀s dĭódous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́οδε dĭ́ode |
δῐόδω dĭódō |
δῐ́οδοι dĭ́odoi | ||||||||||
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Declension
- Greek: δίοδος (díodos)
Derived terms
- διοδεύω (diodeúō)
Further reading
- δίοδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίοδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- δίοδος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δίοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- communication idem, page 149.
- conduct idem, page 157.
- corridor idem, page 176.
- crossing idem, page 186.
- passage idem, page 597.
- safe-conduct idem, page 730.
- thoroughfare idem, page 868.
- way idem, page 968.
Greek
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage, way through”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).
Noun
δίοδος • (díodos) m (plural δίοδοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δίοδος (díodos) | δίοδοι (díodoi) |
| genitive | διόδου (diódou) | διόδων (diódon) |
| accusative | δίοδο (díodo) | διόδους (diódous) |
| vocative | δίοδε (díode) | δίοδοι (díodoi) |
Synonyms
- (way): πέρασμα n (pérasma)
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from English diode, formed from the Ancient Greek elements δι- (di-, “two”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).
Noun
δίοδος • (díodos) m (plural δίοδοι)
- (physics, electronics) diode (electronic component)