Δαναοί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δᾰνᾰός (Dănăós, “Danaus”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.na.ǒi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /da.naˈy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ða.naˈi/
Noun
Δᾰνᾰοί • (Dănăoí) m pl (genitive Δᾰνᾰῶν); second declension
- the Danaans, the subjects of Danaus
- the Greeks
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- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 5.130
- Palatine Anthology 9.385.11
- Palatine Anthology 9.385.13
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | οἱ Δᾰνᾰοί hoi Dănăoí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Δᾰνᾰῶν tôn Dănăôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Δᾰνᾰοῖς toîs Dănăoîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Δᾰνᾰούς toùs Dănăoús | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δᾰνᾰοί Dănăoí | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Danaī
References
- “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Δαναοί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δαναοί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “Δαναοί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.