δαῦκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with δαίω (daíō, “to kindle, burn”), because of the burning taste of the root, and with δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dâu̯.kos/ → /ˈðaɸ.kos/ → /ˈðaf.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dâu̯.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʍ.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðaɸ.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðaf.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðaf.kos/

Noun

δαῦκος • (daûkos) m (genitive δαύκου); second declension

1. The name of several umbelliferous plants
2. An Attic measure for liquids

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δαῦκος; τοῦ δαύκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δαῦκος ho daûkos	τὼ δαύκω tṑ daúkō	οἱ δαῦκοι hoi daûkoi
Genitive	τοῦ δαύκου toû daúkou	τοῖν δαύκοιν toîn daúkoin	τῶν δαύκων tôn daúkōn
Dative	τῷ δαύκῳ tôi daúkōi	τοῖν δαύκοιν toîn daúkoin	τοῖς δαύκοις toîs daúkois
Accusative	τὸν δαῦκον tòn daûkon	τὼ δαύκω tṑ daúkō	τοὺς δαύκους toùs daúkous
Vocative	δαῦκε daûke	δαύκω daúkō	δαῦκοι daûkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δαυκίτης (daukítēs)

Descendants

• ⇒ Byzantine Greek: δαυκίον (daukíon)
  • Pontic Greek: δαυκίν (dafkín)
• → Arabic: دُوقُو (dūqū)
  • → Medieval Latin: ducu
• → Latin: daucum

Further reading

• “δαῦκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαῦκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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