Δαδάκης

Δαδάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Dātakaʰ, from the retrenchment of name with the element 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /dātam/, “law”) + extension -𐎣 (-k /-kaʰ/).[1][2].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.dá.kɛːs/ → /ðaˈða.cis/ → /ðaˈða.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.dá.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈda.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/

Proper noun

Δᾰδᾰ́κης • (Dadákēs) m (genitive Δᾰδᾰ́κου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Dadaces, a Persian general in the army of Xerxes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δᾰδᾰ́κης; τοῦ Δᾰδᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰδᾰ́κης ho Dadákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰδᾰ́κου toû Dadákou
Dative	τῷ Δᾰδᾰ́κῃ tôi Dadákēi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰδᾰ́κην tòn Dadákēn
Vocative	Δᾰδᾰ́κη Dadákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Dadacēs

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*dātaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 85
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.511. *Dātaka-”, in 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 170

Further reading

• Δαδάκης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)