English Explanatory Dictionary

Oizys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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).

Word forms

Oizys Oezys

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).

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