Δαναοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós, “Danaus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.na.ǒi̯/ → /ða.naˈy/ → /ða.naˈi/

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

Noun

Δᾰνᾰοί • (Danaoí) m pl (genitive Δᾰνᾰῶν); second declension

1. the Danaans, the subjects of Danaus
2. the Greeks
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.42
     • Homer, Iliad 1.56
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.350
     • Homer, Odyssey 4.278
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, A. 66
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.72
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 13.145
   • 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 1122
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Lau.Pall. 142
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 8.6.5
     • Strabo, Geography 12.8.7
   • 300 CE – 400 CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.280
     • Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 5.130
   • Palatine Anthology 9.385.11
     • Palatine Anthology 9.385.13

Declension

Second declension of οἱ Δᾰνᾰοί; τῶν Δᾰνᾰῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Δᾰνᾰοί hoi Danaoí
Genitive	τῶν Δᾰνᾰῶν tôn Danaôn
Dative	τοῖς Δᾰνᾰοῖς toîs Danaoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Δᾰνᾰούς toùs Danaoús
Vocative	Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Δᾰνᾰοί; Δᾰνᾰῶν (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí
Genitive	Δᾰνᾰῶν Danaôn
Dative	Δᾰνᾰοῖσῐ / Δᾰνᾰοῖσῐν / Δᾰνᾰοῖς Danaoîsi(n) / Danaoîs
Accusative	Δᾰνᾰούς Danaoús
Vocative	Δᾰνᾰοί Danaoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Latin: Danaī

References

• “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δαναοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Δαναοί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δαναοί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δαναοί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • danai idem, page 194.
  • greece idem, page 372.