δαΐς

See also: δαίς and δάϊς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δᾴς (dāís) — Attic

Etymology

From the root of δαίω (daíō, “to kindle”), from earlier *δᾰϝῐω (*dăwĭō), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“to burn”), related to Old High German zuscen.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.ís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈis/

Noun

δᾰῐ̈́ς • (dăĭ̈́s) f (genitive δᾰῐ̈́δος); third declension

pinewood
torch
Synonyms: γρᾰ́βῐον (grắbĭon), γρῡνός (grūnós), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs), λοφνῐ́ς (lophnĭ́s), φᾱνός (phānós), πᾱνός (pānós), πῠρσός (pŭrsós), φᾰνή (phănḗ), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δᾰῐ̈́ς; τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰῐ̈́ς hē dăĭ̈́s	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ dăĭ̈́de	αἱ δᾰῐ̈́δες hai dăĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς δᾰῐ̈́δος tês dăĭ̈́dos	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn dăĭ̈́doin	τῶν δᾰῐ̈́δων tôn dăĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰῐ̈́δῐ tēî dăĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν δᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn dăĭ̈́doin	ταῖς δᾰῐ̈́σῐ / δᾰῐ̈́σῐν taîs dăĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn dăĭ̈́dă	τὼ δᾰῐ̈́δε tṑ dăĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς δᾰῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s dăĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	δᾰῐ̈́ς dăĭ̈́s	δᾰῐ̈́δε dăĭ̈́de	δᾰῐ̈́δες dăĭ̈́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -δς (-ds).

Derived terms

δᾴδῐνος (dāídĭnos)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₂u̯-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 104