δεκανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decānus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δεκᾱνός • (dekānós) m (genitive δεκᾱνοῦ); second declension

  1. (at Rome) decanus, decurion
  2. (in Egypt) police officer
  3. (astrology, in the plural) decans

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δεκᾱνός; τοῦ δεκᾱνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ δεκᾱνός
ho dekānós 		τὼ δεκᾱνώ
tṑ dekānṓ 		οἱ δεκᾱνοί
hoi dekānoí
Genitive τοῦ δεκᾱνοῦ
toû dekānoû 		τοῖν δεκᾱνοῖν
toîn dekānoîn 		τῶν δεκᾱνῶν
tôn dekānôn
Dative τῷ δεκᾱνῷ
tōî dekānōî 		τοῖν δεκᾱνοῖν
toîn dekānoîn 		τοῖς δεκᾱνοῖς
toîs dekānoîs
Accusative τὸν δεκᾱνόν
tòn dekānón 		τὼ δεκᾱνώ
tṑ dekānṓ 		τοὺς δεκᾱνούς
toùs dekānoús
Vocative δεκᾱνέ
dekāné 		δεκᾱνώ
dekānṓ 		δεκᾱνοί
dekānoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δεκᾱνῐ́ᾱ (dekānĭ́ā)
  • δεκᾱνῐκός (dekānĭkós)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: δεκανός (dekanós)

Further reading

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