δάκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκνω (dáknō, “I bite”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.kos/ → /ˈða.kos/ → /ˈða.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kos/

Noun

δᾰ́κος • (dákos) n (genitive δᾰ́κεος); third declension

1. animal of which the bite is dangerous, noxious beast
2. bite, sting

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δᾰ́κος; τοῦ δᾰ́κεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δᾰ́κος tò dákos	τὼ δᾰ́κεε tṑ dákee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́κεᾰ tà dákea
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰ́κεος toû dákeos	τοῖν δᾰκέοιν toîn dakéoin	τῶν δᾰκέων tôn dakéōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰ́κεῐ̈ tôi dákeï	τοῖν δᾰκέοιν toîn dakéoin	τοῖς δᾰ́κεσῐ / δᾰ́κεσῐν toîs dákesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δᾰ́κος tò dákos	τὼ δᾰ́κεε tṑ dákee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́κεᾰ tà dákea
Vocative	δᾰ́κος dákos	δᾰ́κεε dákee	δᾰ́κεᾰ dákea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δάκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δάκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δάκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)