Oizys

English Alternative forms en Oezys Etymology Borrowed from en grc Ὀϊζύς. Proper noun en Greek mythology 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). 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, Usage notes Oizys has no distinct mythology of her own. (See ) The Roman equivalent, Miseria, is said by Cicero and Hyginus to be one of the offspring of Nox (the Roman equivalent of Nyx) and Erebus (darkness and shadow). Translations personification of pain and distress French: fr Oizys f German: de Oizys f Italian: it Latin: la Miseria f