Δαναός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.na.ós/ → /ða.naˈos/ → /ða.naˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.na.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /da.naˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈos/

Proper noun

Δᾰνᾰός • (Danaós) m (genitive Δᾰνᾰοῦ); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Danaus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δᾰνᾰός; τοῦ Δᾰνᾰοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰνᾰός ho Danaós
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰνᾰοῦ toû Danaoû
Dative	τῷ Δᾰνᾰῷ tôi Danaôi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰνᾰόν tòn Danaón
Vocative	Δᾰνᾰέ Danaé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δᾰνᾰΐδης (Danaḯdēs)
• Δᾰνᾰΐς (Danaḯs)
• Δᾰνᾰοί (Danaoí)

Descendants

• Greek: Δαναός (Danaós)
• Latin: Danaus
  • English: Danaus
  • French: Danaüs
• Translingual: Danaus

See also

• Δανάη (Danáē)

References

• “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δαναός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δαναός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

Further reading

• Danaus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Achaeans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia