Δαναοί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós, “Danaus”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.na.ǒi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /da.naˈy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ða.naˈy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ða.naˈi/
Noun
Δᾰνᾰοί • (Danaoí) m pl (genitive Δᾰνᾰῶν); second declension
- the Danaans, the subjects of Danaus
- the Greeks
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.42
- Homer, Iliad 1.56
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.350
- Homer, Odyssey 4.278
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, A. 66
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.72
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 13.145
- 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 1122
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Lau.Pall. 142
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 8.6.5
- Strabo, Geography 12.8.7
- 300 CE – 400 CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.280
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 5.130
- Palatine Anthology 9.385.11
- Palatine Anthology 9.385.13
Declension
Second declension of οἱ Δᾰνᾰοί; τῶν Δᾰνᾰῶν (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | οἱ Δᾰνᾰοί hoi Danaoí | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Δᾰνᾰῶν tôn Danaôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς Δᾰνᾰοῖς toîs Danaoîs | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τοὺς Δᾰνᾰούς toùs Danaoús | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí | ||||||||||||
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Second declension of Δᾰνᾰοί; Δᾰνᾰῶν (Epic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Δᾰνᾰῶν Danaôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | Δᾰνᾰοῖσῐ / Δᾰνᾰοῖσῐν / Δᾰνᾰοῖς Danaoîsi(n) / Danaoîs | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Δᾰνᾰούς Danaoús | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Danaī
References
- “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Δαναοί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δαναοί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Δαναοί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- danai idem, page 194.
- greece idem, page 372.