Δηϊόκης

Δηϊόκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median *Dahyauka[1] or *Dahyuka[2][3].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.i.ó.kɛːs/ → /ði.iˈo.cis/ → /ði.iˈo.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.i.ó.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.iˈo.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.iˈo.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.iˈo.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.iˈo.cis/

Proper noun

Δηϊόκης • (Dēïókēs) m (genitive Δηϊόκου); first declension

1. Deioces

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δηϊόκης; τοῦ Δηϊόκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δηϊόκης ho Dēïókēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δηϊόκου toû Dēïókou
Dative	τῷ Δηϊόκῃ tôi Dēïókēi
Accusative	τὸν Δηϊόκην tòn Dēïókēn
Vocative	Δηϊόκη Dēïókē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δηιόκης (Diiókis)
• Latin: Deioces

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 79
2. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 129
3. Rüdiger Schmitt, "DEIOCES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994