Δαρεικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formally from Δαρεῖος (Dareîos, “King Darius”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix), but possibly a popular etymological remodelling of an Old Persian word related to 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/, “gold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /daː.reː.kós/ → /ða.riˈkos/ → /ða.riˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /daː.reː.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /da.riˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ða.riˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ða.riˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ða.riˈkos/

Noun

Δᾱρεικός • (Dāreikós) m (genitive Δᾱρεικοῦ); second declension

1. daric (a gold coin from the Persian Empire)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δᾱρεικός; τοῦ Δᾱρεικοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Δᾱρεικός ho Dāreikós	τὼ Δᾱρεικώ tṑ Dāreikṓ	οἱ Δᾱρεικοί hoi Dāreikoí
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾱρεικοῦ toû Dāreikoû	τοῖν Δᾱρεικοῖν toîn Dāreikoîn	τῶν Δᾱρεικῶν tôn Dāreikôn
Dative	τῷ Δᾱρεικῷ tôi Dāreikôi	τοῖν Δᾱρεικοῖν toîn Dāreikoîn	τοῖς Δᾱρεικοῖς toîs Dāreikoîs
Accusative	τὸν Δᾱρεικόν tòn Dāreikón	τὼ Δᾱρεικώ tṑ Dāreikṓ	τοὺς Δᾱρεικούς toùs Dāreikoús
Vocative	Δᾱρεικέ Dāreiké	Δᾱρεικώ Dāreikṓ	Δᾱρεικοί Dāreikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: daricus
  • → English: daric
  • → French: darique
• → German: Dareikos, Dareike
• → Danish: dareik

Further reading

• “Δαρεικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δαρεικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers