δαΐς

See also: δαίς and δάϊς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δᾴς (dāís)

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(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 • (dăḯs) f (genitive δᾰΐδος); third declension

pinewood
torch
Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δᾰΐς; τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰΐς hē dăḯs	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ dăĭ̈́de	αἱ δᾰῐ̈́δες hai dăĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος tês dăĭ̈́dos	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn dăĭ̈́doin	τῶν δᾰῐ̈́δων tôn dăĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰῐ̈́δῐ tēî dăĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn dăĭ̈́doin	ταῖς δᾰῐ̈́σῐ / δᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs dăĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn dăĭ̈́dă	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ dăĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς δᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s dăĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	δᾰΐς dăḯs	δᾰῐ̈́δε dăĭ̈́de	δᾰῐ̈́δες dăĭ̈́des
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 (dāídinos)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₂u̯-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 104