δόναξ
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. The word has also been compared with Ancient Greek δονέω (donéō, “to shake”), Latvian duonis (“reed”) and Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dó.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdo.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
Noun edit
δόνᾰξ • (dónax) m (genitive δόνᾰκος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δόνᾰξ ho dónax |
τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónake |
οἱ δόνᾰκες hoi dónakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δόνᾰκος toû dónakos |
τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donákoin |
τῶν δονᾰ́κων tôn donákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δόνᾰκῐ tôi dónaki |
τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donákoin |
τοῖς δόνᾰξῐ / δόνᾰξῐν toîs dónaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δόνᾰκᾰ tòn dónaka |
τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónake |
τοὺς δόνᾰκᾰς toùs dónakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δόνᾰξ dónax |
δόνᾰκε dónake |
δόνᾰκες dónakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- δονᾰκεύς (donakeús)
- δονᾰκών (donakṓn)
- δονᾰκώδης (donakṓdēs)
- δονᾰ́κινος (donákinos)
- δονᾰκῖτῐς (donakîtis)
- δονᾰκηδόν (donakēdón)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “δόναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δόναξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN