δαίς

See also: δαΐς and δάϊς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂i-t-s.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dǎi̯s/ → /ðɛs/ → /ðes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dǎi̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðes/

Noun

δαίς • (daís) f (genitive δαιτός); third declension

1. feast, banquet

   Synonyms: εἰλαπίνη (eilapínē), εὐωχία (euōkhía)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δαίς; τῆς δαιτός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δαίς hē daís	τὼ δαῖτε tṑ daîte	αἱ δαῖτες hai daîtes
Genitive	τῆς δαιτός tês daitós	τοῖν δαιτοῖν toîn daitoîn	τῶν δαιτῶν tôn daitôn
Dative	τῇ δαιτῐ́ têi daití	τοῖν δαιτοῖν toîn daitoîn	ταῖς δαισῐ́ / δαισῐ́ν taîs daisí(n)
Accusative	τὴν δαῖτᾰ tḕn daîta	τὼ δαῖτε tṑ daîte	τᾱ̀ς δαῖτᾰς tā̀s daîtas
Vocative	δαίς daís	δαῖτε daîte	δαῖτες daîtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Related terms

• δαίνῡμι (daínūmi, “to feast”)

Further reading

• “δαίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαίς - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.