κανδάκη
See also: Κανδάκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Cushitic kdke.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kan.dá.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kanˈda.ke/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kanˈda.ki/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kanˈda.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kanˈda.ci/
Noun
κανδάκη • (kandákē) f (genitive κανδάκης); first declension
- a candace, any one of the ancient Nubian warrior queens
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κανδάκη; τῆς κανδάκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κανδάκη hē kandákē | τὼ κανδάκᾱ tṑ kandákā | αἱ κανδάκαι hai kandákai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κανδάκης tês kandákēs | τοῖν κανδάκαιν toîn kandákain | τῶν κανδακῶν tôn kandakôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κανδάκῃ têi kandákēi | τοῖν κανδάκαιν toîn kandákain | ταῖς κανδάκαις taîs kandákais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κανδάκην tḕn kandákēn | τὼ κανδάκᾱ tṑ kandákā | τᾱ̀ς κανδάκᾱς tā̀s kandákās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κανδάκη kandákē | κανδάκᾱ kandákā | κανδάκαι kandákai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κανδάκη (Kandákē)
Descendants
- Greek: κανδάκη (kandáki)
- plural: κανδάκες (kandákes)
- → Latin: candacē
- → English: candace