δανάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *dānakā̆-, from Old Persian *dānā- (“grain”). Compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dānag⁠/) and Persian دانگ (dâng, “sixth of something”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.ná.kɛː/ → /ðaˈna.ci/ → /ðaˈna.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.ná.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈna.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈna.ci/

Noun

δᾰνᾰ́κη • (dănắkē) f (genitive δᾰνᾰ́κης); first declension

1. name of a Persian coin used as an obol offered to corpses

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη; τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰνᾰ́κη hē dănắkē	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ dănắkā	αἱ δᾰνᾰ́και hai dănắkai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰνᾰ́κης tês dănắkēs	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn dănắkain	τῶν δᾰνᾰκῶν tôn dănăkôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰνᾰ́κῃ têi dănắkēi	τοῖν δᾰνᾰ́καιν toîn dănắkain	ταῖς δᾰνᾰ́καις taîs dănắkais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰνᾰ́κην tḕn dănắkēn	τὼ δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ tṑ dănắkā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰνᾰ́κᾱς tā̀s dănắkās
Vocative	δᾰνᾰ́κη dănắkē	δᾰνᾰ́κᾱ dănắkā	δᾰνᾰ́και dănắkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δανάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δανάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δανάκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN