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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Brugmann assumed *δάνσεα (*dánsea), with analogical α from δαῆναι (daênai, “to learn”), δαΐφρων (daḯphrōn, “wise, prudent”) for older *δένσεα (*dénsea) and compares Sanskrit दंसन (daṃsana, “wonderful deed”), suggesting a Proto-Indo-European root *densos- (“counsel, skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ̌ː.ne.a/ → /ˈði.ne.a/ → /ˈði.ne.a/
Noun
δήνεᾰ • (dḗnea) n pl (genitive δηνέων); third declension
- (only in plural) counsels, plans, arts, whether good or bad
Declension
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Further reading
- “δήνεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δήνεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δήνεα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δήνεα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δήνεα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δήνεα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326