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

(deprecated template usage) Danaī

1. genitive singular of Danaus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) Danaī

1. masculine genitive singular of Danaus
2. neuter genitive singular of Danaus
3. masculine nominative singular of Danaus
4. masculine vocative singular of Danaus

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)