Danai

See also: danai and dañái

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰοί (Danaoí, “the Danaans, the Greeks”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.iː/, [ˈd̪änäiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.i/, [ˈd̪äːnäi]

Proper noun

Danaī m pl (genitive Danaōrum or Danaum); second declension

1. the Danaans, the Greeks
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.48:

     Equō nē crēdite, Teucrī! Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentīs.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans, even when bringing gifts.

Declension

Second-declension noun (contracted genitive plural), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Danaī
Genitive	Danaōrum Danaum1
Dative	Danaīs
Accusative	Danaōs
Ablative	Danaīs
Vocative	Danaī

¹Contraction found in poetry.

Proper noun

Danaī

1. genitive singular of Danaus

Adjective

Danaī

1. inflection of Danaus:
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular
   2. masculine nominative/vocative singular

References

• “Dănăus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dănăi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Danaī” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)