δανάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *dānakā̆-, from Old Persian *dānā- (“grain”). Compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dānag⁠/) and Persian دانگ (dâng, “sixth of something”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.ná.kɛː/ → /ðaˈna.ci/ → /ðaˈna.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.ná.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈna.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/

Noun

δᾰνᾰ́κη • (danákē) f (genitive δᾰνᾰ́κης); first declension

1. name of a Persian coin used as an obol offered to corpses

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη; τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη hē danákē	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ danákā	αἱ δᾰνᾰ́και hai danákai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης tês danákēs	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn danákain	τῶν δᾰνᾰκῶν tôn danakôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰνᾰ́κῃ têi danákēi	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn danákain	ταῖς δᾰνᾰ́καις taîs danákais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰνᾰ́κην tḕn danákēn	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ danákā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰνᾰ́κᾱς tā̀s danákās
Vocative	δᾰνᾰ́κη danákē	δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ danákā	δᾰνᾰ́και danákai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δανάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δανάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δανάκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN