δαΐς

See also: δαίς and δάϊς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δᾴς (dā́is)

Etymology

From the root of δαίω (daíō, “to kindle”), from earlier *δαϝ-ιω (*daw-iō), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“to burn”), related to Old High German zuscen.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.ís/ → /ðaˈis/ → /ðaˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/

Noun

δᾰΐς • (daḯs) f (genitive δᾰΐδος); third declension

1. pinewood
2. torch

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δᾰΐς; τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰΐς hē daḯs	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ daḯde	αἱ δᾰῐ̈́δες hai daḯdes
Genitive	τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος tês daḯdos	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn daḯdoin	τῶν δᾰῐ̈́δων tôn daḯdōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰῐ̈́δῐ têi daḯdi	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn daḯdoin	ταῖς δᾰῐ̈́σῐ / δᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs daḯsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn daḯda	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ daḯde	τᾱ̀ς δᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s daḯdas
Vocative	δᾰΐς daḯs	δᾰῐ̈́δε daḯde	δᾰῐ̈́δες daḯdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• δᾴδινος (dā́idinos)

Further reading

• “δαΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαΐς - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.