δάϊς

See also: δαίς and δαΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from an original meaning of “burning”, connected to δαΐς (daḯs, “torch”). However, the Mycenaean form *𐀅𐀂𐀦𐀲 (*-da-i-qo-ta), lacking -ϝ-, suggests a non-Indo-European origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

δάϊς • (dáïs) f; third declension

battle
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.286:
  ἀρᾶται δὲ τάχιστα μιγήμεναι ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ·
  arâtai dè tákhista migḗmenai en daï̀ lugrêi;
  Translation by A. T. Murray
  but he prayeth to mingle forthwith in woeful war
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 650
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 925
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fragmenta 243

Declension

Irregular declension of ἡ δάϊς; — (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ δάϊς hē dáïs
Genitive	—
Dative	τῇ δᾰΐ têi daḯ
Accusative	τὴν δάϊν tḕn dáïn
Vocative	—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δάϊος (dáïos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δήϊος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322