δάκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκνω (dáknō, “I bite”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.kos/ → /ˈða.kos/ → /ˈða.kos/

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

Noun

δᾰ́κος • (dắkos) n (genitive δᾰ́κεος); third declension

1. animal of which the bite is dangerous, noxious beast
2. bite, sting

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δᾰ́κος; τοῦ δᾰ́κεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δᾰ́κος tò dắkos	τὼ δᾰ́κεε tṑ dắkee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́κεᾰ tằ dắkeă
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰ́κεος toû dắkeos	τοῖν δᾰκέοιν toîn dăkéoin	τῶν δᾰκέων tôn dăkéōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰ́κεῐ̈ tôi dắkeĭ̈	τοῖν δᾰκέοιν toîn dăkéoin	τοῖς δᾰ́κεσῐ / δᾰ́κεσῐν toîs dắkesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δᾰ́κος tò dắkos	τὼ δᾰ́κεε tṑ dắkee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́κεᾰ tằ dắkeă
Vocative	δᾰ́κος dắkos	δᾰ́κεε dắkee	δᾰ́κεᾰ dắkeă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δάκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δάκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δάκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)