Δάοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Indo-Iranian and eventually Proto-Indo-European origin, but the exact meaning is unclear. See Dahae.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.oi̯/ → /ˈða.y/ → /ˈða.i/

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

Noun

Δᾰ́οι • (Dáoi) m pl (genitive Δᾰ́ων); first declension

1. Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Δᾰ́οι; τῶν Δᾰ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Δᾰ́οι hoi Dáoi
Genitive	τῶν Δᾰ́ων tôn Dáōn
Dative	τοῖς Δᾰ́οις toîs Dáois
Accusative	τοὺς Δᾰ́ους toùs Dáous
Vocative	Δᾰ́οι Dáoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Daī

Further reading

• Δάοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette