Δαρεικός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *daryakah, by folk etymology shaped to mean Δαρεῖος (Dareîos, King Darius) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Δᾱρεικός (Dāreikósm (genitive Δᾱρεικοῦ); second declension

  1. daric (a gold coin from the Persian Empire)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: daricus
  • German: Dareikos, Dareike
  • Danish: dareik

Further reading

  1. ^
    1984, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Perser und Persisches in der Attischen Komödie”, in Orientalia J. Duchesne-Guillemin emerito oblata, pages 459–472: