δάνειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ́νος (dános, “gift, present”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.neː.on/ → /ˈða.ni.on/ → /ˈða.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.neː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.ni.on/

Noun

δᾰ́νειον • (dáneion) n (genitive δᾰνείου); second declension

1. (finance) loan

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δᾰ́νειον; τοῦ δᾰνείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δᾰ́νειον tò dáneion	τὼ δᾰνείω tṑ daneíō	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́νειᾰ tà dáneia
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰνείου toû daneíou	τοῖν δᾰνείοιν toîn daneíoin	τῶν δᾰνείων tôn daneíōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰνείῳ tôi daneíōi	τοῖν δᾰνείοιν toîn daneíoin	τοῖς δᾰνείοις toîs daneíois
Accusative	τὸ δᾰ́νειον tò dáneion	τὼ δᾰνείω tṑ daneíō	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́νειᾰ tà dáneia
Vocative	δᾰ́νειον dáneion	δᾰνείω daneíō	δᾰ́νειᾰ dáneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δᾰνείζω (daneízō)
• δᾰνειοκόπος (daneiokópos)
• δᾰνεισμός (daneismós)
• δᾰ́νεισμᾰ (dáneisma)
• δᾰνειστής (daneistḗs)
• δᾰνειστῐκός (daneistikós)
• δᾰνειᾰκός (daneiakós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: δάνειο (dáneio)

Further reading

• “δάνειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δάνειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δάνειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δάνειον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)