δήνεα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῆνος (dênos)

Etymology

Brugmann assumed *δάνσεα (*dánsea), with analogical α from δαῆναι (daênai, “to learn”), δαΐφρων (daḯphrōn, “wise, prudent”) for older *δένσεα (*dénsea) and compares Sanskrit दंसन (daṃsana, “wonderful deed”), suggesting a Proto-Indo-European root *densos- (“counsel, skill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ː.ne.a/ → /ˈði.ne.a/ → /ˈði.ne.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ː.ne.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde̝.ne.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ne.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ne.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ne.a/

Noun

δήνεᾰ • (dḗnea) n pl (genitive δηνέων); third declension

1. (only in plural) counsels, plans, arts, whether good or bad

Declension

Third declension of τᾰ̀ δήνεᾰ; τῶν δηνέων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ δήνεᾰ tà dḗnea
Genitive	τῶν δηνέων tôn dēnéōn
Dative	τοῖς δήνεσῐ / δήνεσῐν toîs dḗnesi(n)
Accusative	τᾰ̀ δήνεᾰ tà dḗnea
Vocative	δήνεᾰ dḗnea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀδηνής (adēnḗs)
• πολῠδηνέᾰ (poludēnéa)

 

Further reading

• “δήνεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δήνεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δήνεα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δήνεα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δήνεα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δήνεα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326