From the Hesychian gloss θάβακον (thábakon, “seat, throne”), it appears that this word was contracted from *θά(ϝ)ακος (*thá(w)akos). Connection with Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”) as zero grade is impossible because of *θά(ϝ)ακος (*thá(w)akos). The word must be Pre-Greek, as was observed by Furnée. A suffix -ακ is frequent in Pre-Greek; the variation *-αϝ-/-οϝ- is normal in substrate words.
θᾶκος • (thâkos) m (genitive θᾱ́κου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ θᾶκος ho thâkos |
τὼ θᾱ́κω tṑ thā́kō |
οἱ θᾶκοι hoi thâkoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θᾱ́κου toû thā́kou |
τοῖν θᾱ́κοιν toîn thā́koin |
τῶν θᾱ́κων tôn thā́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θᾱ́κῳ tôi thā́kōi |
τοῖν θᾱ́κοιν toîn thā́koin |
τοῖς θᾱ́κοις toîs thā́kois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θᾶκον tòn thâkon |
τὼ θᾱ́κω tṑ thā́kō |
τοὺς θᾱ́κους toùs thā́kous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θᾶκε thâke |
θᾱ́κω thā́kō |
θᾶκοι thâkoi | ||||||||||
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