Oizys

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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).

OriginAncient Greek Ὀϊζύς →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Oezys

  1. Greekhuman sciencesThe (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).

    1987, Richard S. Caldwell (translator), Hesiod, Theogony, Hackett Publishing Company (Focus), page 40, Next Momos and painful Oizys were born to the dark goddess Nyx, though she lay with no one,

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekὈϊζύς
  2. EnglishOizys

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).

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Translations

French Oizys
  • Oizyspersonification of pain and distress
German Oizys
  • Oizyspersonification of pain and distress
Latin Miseria
  • Miseriapersonification of pain and distress
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