Danai
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰοί (Danaoí, “the Danaans, the Greeks”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.na.iː/, [ˈd̪änäiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.na.i/, [ˈd̪äːnäi]
Proper noun edit
Danaī m pl (genitive Danaōrum or Danaum); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (contracted genitive plural), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Danaī |
Genitive | Danaōrum Danaum1 |
Dative | Danaīs |
Accusative | Danaōs |
Ablative | Danaīs |
Vocative | Danaī |
1Contraction found in poetry.
Proper noun edit
Danaī
Adjective edit
Danaī
References edit
- “Dănăus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dănăi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Danaī” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)