δαδύσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δαιδῠ́σσομαι (daidússomai)

Etymology

Since Roscher-Osthoff, the word has been connected with Latin dūcō (“to lead, guide, conduct”) and Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to pull, tow”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”), through an intensive reduplication *δαι-δυκ-ιο-. However, different from that tradition, DELG notes that the word has no etymology. Indeed, if δα- is not a late notation for δαι-, the variation may point to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /daː.dýs.so.mai̯/ → /ðaˈðys.so.mɛ/ → /ðaˈði.so.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /daː.dýs.so.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈdys.so.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈðys.so.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈðys.so.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈði.so.me/

Verb

δᾱδῠ́σσομαι • (dādússomai)

1. to be distracted

Inflection

   Present: δᾱδῠ́σσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	δᾱδῠ́σσομαι	δᾱδῠ́σσῃ, δᾱδῠ́σσει	δᾱδῠ́σσεται	δᾱδῠ́σσεσθον	δᾱδῠ́σσεσθον	δᾱδῠσσόμεθᾰ	δᾱδῠ́σσεσθε	δᾱδῠ́σσονται
	subjunctive	δᾱδῠ́σσωμαι	δᾱδῠ́σσῃ	δᾱδῠ́σσηται	δᾱδῠ́σσησθον	δᾱδῠ́σσησθον	δᾱδῠσσώμεθᾰ	δᾱδῠ́σσησθε	δᾱδῠ́σσωνται
	optative	δᾱδῠσσοίμην	δᾱδῠ́σσοιο	δᾱδῠ́σσοιτο	δᾱδῠ́σσοισθον	δᾱδῠσσοίσθην	δᾱδῠσσοίμεθᾰ	δᾱδῠ́σσοισθε	δᾱδῠ́σσοιντο
	imperative		δᾱδῠ́σσου	δᾱδῠσσέσθω	δᾱδῠ́σσεσθον	δᾱδῠσσέσθων		δᾱδῠ́σσεσθε	δᾱδῠσσέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						δᾱδῠ́σσεσθαι
participle	m					δᾱδῠσσόμενος
	f					δᾱδῠσσομένη
	n					δᾱδῠσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “δαδύσσομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαδύσσομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δαδύσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295