Δάφνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek δᾰ́φνη (dắphnē, “bay laurel”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δᾰ́φνις • (Dắphnis) m (genitive Δᾰ́φνῐδος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Daphnis, was a Sicilian herdsman and the inventor of bucolic poetry

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Δᾰ́φνῐς; τοῦ Δᾰ́φνῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δᾰ́φνῐς
ho Dắphnĭs
Genitive τοῦ Δᾰ́φνῐδος
toû Dắphnĭdos
Dative τῷ Δᾰ́φνῐδῐ
tōî Dắphnĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Δᾰ́φνῐν
tòn Dắphnĭn
Vocative Δᾰ́φνῐ
Dắphnĭ
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.

Descendants

  • Greek: Δάφνις (Dáfnis), Δάφνιδας (Dáfnidas)
  • Latin: Daphnis

See also

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