noun · femininethird declension
dosis
dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios)
Classical[ˈdɔ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɔː.s̬is]
Meaning
- Late Latinfemininedose
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dosis | dosēs doseis |
| genitive | dosis doseōs, dosios | dosium |
| dative | dosī | dosibus |
| accusative | dosim dosin, dosem | dosēs dosīs |
| ablative | dosī dose | dosibus |
| vocative | dosis dosi | dosēs doseis |
Origins
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.
Descendants
- Catalandosi
- Frenchdosefrom Middle French dose
- Englishdosefrom Middle French dose
- GermanDosis
- Italiandose
- Occitandòsi
- Portuguesedose
- Spanishdosis
- Danishdosis
- Afrikaansdosisfrom Dutch dosis
In English words that came into English from dosis
- dosedosis