δανάκη

Ancient Greek

From Old Persian *dānakā̆-, from Old Persian *dānā- (“grain”).^[1]^[2] Compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dānag⁠/) and Persian (dâng, “sixth of something”).

δᾰνᾰ́κη • (dănắkē) f (genitive δᾰνᾰ́κης); first declension

First declension of ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη; τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη hē dănắkē	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ dănắkā	αἱ δᾰνᾰ́και hai dănắkai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης tês dănắkēs	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn dănắkain	τῶν δᾰνᾰκῶν tôn dănăkôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰνᾰ́κῃ tēî dănắkēi	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn dănắkain	ταῖς δᾰνᾰ́καις taîs dănắkais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰνᾰ́κην tḕn dănắkēn	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ dănắkā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰνᾰ́κᾱς tā̀s dănắkās
Vocative	δᾰνᾰ́κη dănắkē	δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ dănắkā	δᾰνᾰ́και dănắkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“δανάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δανάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δανάκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 82
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 450