δαΐς
See also: δαίς and δάϊς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δᾴς (dā́is)
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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.ís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /daˈis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðaˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðaˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðaˈis/
Noun
δᾰΐς • (daḯs) f (genitive δᾰΐδος); third declension
- pinewood
- torch
- Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ δᾰΐς; τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δᾰΐς hē daḯs | τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ daḯde | αἱ δᾰῐ̈́δες hai daḯdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος tês daḯdos | τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn daḯdoin | τῶν δᾰῐ̈́δων tôn daḯdōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δᾰῐ̈́δῐ têi daḯdi | τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn daḯdoin | ταῖς δᾰῐ̈́σῐ / δᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs daḯsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn daḯda | τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ daḯde | τᾱ̀ς δᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s daḯdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δᾰΐς daḯs | δᾰῐ̈́δε daḯde | δᾰῐ̈́δες daḯdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δᾴδινος (dā́idinos)
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
Further reading
- “δαΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press