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 • (Dănăḯs) 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 Dănăḯs	τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Dănăĭ̈́de	αἱ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες hai Dănăĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δος tês Dănăĭ̈́dos	τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Dănăĭ̈́doin	τῶν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δων tôn Dănăĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δῐ têi Dănăĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn Dănăĭ̈́doin	ταῖς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐ / Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs Dănăĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Dănăĭ̈́dă	τὼ Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ Dănăĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s Dănăĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	Δᾰνᾰΐς Dănăḯs	Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δε Dănăĭ̈́de	Δᾰνᾰῐ̈́δες Dănăĭ̈́des
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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008