Δαναΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δαναός (Danaós, “Danaus”) +‎ -ις (-is); feminine of Δαναΐδης (Danaḯdēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.na.ís/ → /ða.naˈis/ → /ða.naˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.na.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /da.naˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ða.naˈis/

Proper noun

Δᾰνᾰΐς • (Danaḯs) f (genitive Δᾰνᾰΐδος); third declension

1. a daughter of Danaus

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δᾰνᾰΐς; τῆς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δᾰνᾰΐς hē Danaḯs	τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Danaḯde	αἱ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες hai Danaḯdes
Genitive	τῆς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δος tês Danaḯdos	τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Danaḯdoin	τῶν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δων tôn Danaḯdōn
Dative	τῇ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δῐ têi Danaḯdi	τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Danaḯdoin	ταῖς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐ / Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs Danaḯsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Danaḯda	τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Danaḯde	τᾱ̀ς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s Danaḯdas
Vocative	Δᾰνᾰΐς Danaḯs	Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε Danaḯde	Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες Danaḯdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• Δαναΐδης (Danaḯdēs) (masculine)

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Δαναΐς (Danaḯs)
  • Δαναΐδα (Danaḯda) (plural Δαναΐδες (Danaḯdes))
• Latin: Danais (plural Danaidēs)
• Coptic: ⲇⲁⲛⲁⲓⲥ (danais)

Further reading

• “Δαναΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δαναΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δαναΐς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008