δόναξ
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAccording 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
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dó.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdo.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðo.naks/
Noun
editδόνᾰξ • (dónax) m (genitive δόνᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- δονᾰκεύς (donakeús)
- δονᾰκών (donakṓn)
- δονᾰκώδης (donakṓdēs)
- δονᾰ́κινος (donákinos)
- δονᾰκῖτῐς (donakîtis)
- δονᾰκηδόν (donakēdón)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
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