dosis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dōs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔːs̬is]
Noun
dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dosis | dosēs doseis |
| Genitive | dosis doseōs dosios |
dosium |
| Dative | dosī | dosibus |
| Accusative | dosim dosin dosem1 |
dosēs dosīs |
| Ablative | dosī dose1 |
dosibus |
| Vocative | dosis dosi |
dosēs doseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.