δόναξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δοῦνᾰξ (doûnăx)
• δῶνᾰξ (dônăx)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. The word has also been compared with Ancient Greek δονέω (donéō, “to shake”), Latvian duonis (“reed”) and Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.naks/ → /ˈðo.naks/ → /ˈðo.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.naks/

Noun

δόνᾰξ • (dónăx) m (genitive δόνᾰκος); third declension

1. A kind of reed, the donax (Arundo donax)
   1. A bed of reeds
2. Anything made of reed
   1. A shaft of an arrow
   2. A shepherd's pipe
   3. A fishing rod
   4. The bridge of the lyre
3. A kind of shellfish

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δόνᾰξ; τοῦ δόνᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δόνᾰξ ho dónăx	τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónăke	οἱ δόνᾰκες hoi dónăkes
Genitive	τοῦ δόνᾰκος toû dónăkos	τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donắkoin	τῶν δονᾰ́κων tôn donắkōn
Dative	τῷ δόνᾰκῐ tôi dónăkĭ	τοῖν δονᾰ́κοιν toîn donắkoin	τοῖς δόνᾰξῐ / δόνᾰξῐν toîs dónăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δόνᾰκᾰ tòn dónăkă	τὼ δόνᾰκε tṑ dónăke	τοὺς δόνᾰκᾰς toùs dónăkăs
Vocative	δόνᾰξ dónăx	δόνᾰκε dónăke	δόνᾰκες dónăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δονᾰκεύς (donăkeús)
• δονᾰκών (donăkṓn)
• δονᾰκώδης (donăkṓdēs)
• δονᾰ́κινος (donắkinos)
• δονᾰκῖτῐς (donăkîtĭs)
• δονᾰκηδόν (donăkēdón)

Descendants

• Latin: donax
  • English: donax
  • Translingual: Donax

References

• “δόναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δόναξ 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