δόναξ

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. The word has also been compared with Ancient Greek δονέω (donéō, “to shake”), Latvian duonis (“reed”) and Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig”).

δόνᾰξ • (dónăx) m (genitive δόνᾰκος); third declension

A kind of reed, the donax (Arundo donax)
1. A bed of reeds
Anything made of reed
1. A shaft of an arrow
2. A shepherd's pipe
3. A fishing rod
4. The bridge of the lyre
A kind of shellfish

Third declension of ὁ δόνᾰξ; τοῦ δόνᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δόνᾰξ ho dónăx	τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónăke	οἱ δόνᾰκες hoi dónăkes
Genitive	τοῦ δόνᾰκος toû dónăkos	τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donắkoin	τῶν δονᾰ́κων tôn donắkōn
Dative	τῷ δόνᾰκῐ tōî dónăkĭ	τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donắkoin	τοῖς δόνᾰξῐ / δόνᾰξῐν toîs dónăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δόνᾰκᾰ tòn dónăkă	τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónăke	τοὺς δόνᾰκᾰς toùs dónăkăs
Vocative	δόνᾰξ dónăx	δόνᾰκε dónăke	δόνᾰκες dónăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“δόναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δόναξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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