Δαδάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Dātakaʰ, from the retrenchment of name with the element 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/, “law”) + extension -𐎣 (-k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.dá.kɛːs/ → /ðaˈða.cis/ → /ðaˈða.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.dá.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈda.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈða.cis/

Proper noun

Δᾰδᾰ́κης • (Dadákēs) m (genitive Δᾰδᾰ́κου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Dadaces, a Persian general in the army of Xerxes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δᾰδᾰ́κης; τοῦ Δᾰδᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δᾰδᾰ́κης ho Dadákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δᾰδᾰ́κου toû Dadákou
Dative	τῷ Δᾰδᾰ́κῃ tôi Dadákēi
Accusative	τὸν Δᾰδᾰ́κην tòn Dadákēn
Vocative	Δᾰδᾰ́κη Dadákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Dadacēs

Further reading

• Δαδάκης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)