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Oizys

Oizys proper noun: the (female) personification of pain and distress; said by Hesiod is his Theogony to be the offspring of Nyx (Night) and produced without the assistance of a father; identified with the Roman Miseria (Misery).

Proper noun

Oizys

  1. (Greek) The (female) personification of pain and distress; said by Hesiod is his Theogony to be the offspring of Nyx (Night) and produced without the assistance of a father; identified with the Roman Miseria (Misery).
    • Next Momos and painful Oizys were born to the dark goddess Nyx, though she lay with no one,1987, Richard S. Caldwell (translator), Hesiod, Theogony, Hackett Publishing Company (Focus), page 40

Forms of Oizys

alternative formOezys

Origin of Oizys

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).

Questions about Oizys

What does Oizys mean?
Oizys means the (female) personification of pain and distress; said by Hesiod is his Theogony to be the offspring of Nyx (Night) and produced without the assistance of a father; identified with the Roman Miseria (Misery).
What part of speech is Oizys?
Oizys is a proper noun.

Words near Oizys in the dictionary

  1. oiticica oil
  2. oiticica oils
  3. oiticicas
  4. OITNB
  5. Oituz
  6. Oizys
  7. OJ
  8. Ojai
  9. Ojeda
  10. Ojedas
  11. ojek

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