/duy"euh sis/ , n. , pl. dieses /-seez'/ . Print.
See double dagger .
[ 1350-1400; orig., any of several musical intervals smaller than a tone (for which a double dagger was used as a symbol); ME di ( h ) esis díesis lit., a sending through, equiv. to die-, base of diïénai to send through ( di- DI- 3 + hiénai to send) + -sis -SIS ]