Δαναΐς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δαναός (Danaós, “Danaus”) + -ις (-is); feminine of Δαναΐδης (Danaḯdēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.na.ís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /da.naˈis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ða.naˈis/
Proper noun
Δᾰνᾰΐς • (Danaḯs) f (genitive Δᾰνᾰΐδος); third declension
- a daughter of Danaus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Δᾰνᾰΐς hē Danaḯs |
τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Danaḯde |
αἱ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες hai Danaḯdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δος tês Danaḯdos |
τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Danaḯdoin |
τῶν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δων tôn Danaḯdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δῐ têi Danaḯdi |
τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Danaḯdoin |
ταῖς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐ / Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs Danaḯsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Danaḯda |
τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Danaḯde |
τᾱ̀ς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s Danaḯdas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δᾰνᾰΐς Danaḯs |
Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε Danaḯde |
Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες Danaḯdes | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- Δαναΐδης (Danaḯdēs) (masculine)
Descendants
Further reading
- “Δαναΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Δαναΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Δαναΐς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008