δόναξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δοῦνᾰξ (doûnax)
• δῶνᾰξ (dônax)

Etymology

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

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.naks/ → /ˈðo.naks/ → /ˈðo.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/

Noun

δόνᾰξ • (dónax) m (genitive δόνᾰκος); third declension

1. A kind of reed, the donax (Arundo donax)
   1. A bed of reeds
2. Anything made of reed
   1. A shaft of an arrow
   2. A shepherd's pipe
   3. A fishing rod
   4. The bridge of the lyre
3. A kind of shellfish

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δόνᾰξ; τοῦ δόνᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δονᾰκεύς (donakeús)
• δονᾰκών (donakṓn)
• δονᾰκώδης (donakṓdēs)
• δονᾰ́κινος (donákinos)
• δονᾰκῖτῐς (donakîtis)
• δονᾰκηδόν (donakēdón)

Descendants

• Latin: donax
  • English: donax
  • Translingual: Donax

References

• “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