δάος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From δαίω (daíō, “to kindle”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.os/ → /ˈða.os/ → /ˈða.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/

Noun

δᾰ́ος • (dáos) n (genitive δᾰ́εος); third declension

1. firebrand, torch

   Synonyms: γρᾰ́βῐον (grábion), γρῡνός (grūnós), δᾰΐς (daḯs), ἑλένη (helénē), λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lampás), λοφνῐ́ς (lophnís), πᾱνός (pānós), πῠρσός (pursós), φᾰνή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δᾰ́ος; τοῦ δᾰ́εος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δᾰ́ος tò dáos	τὼ δᾰ́εε tṑ dáee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́εᾰ tà dáea
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰ́εος toû dáeos	τοῖν δᾰέοιν toîn daéoin	τῶν δᾰέων tôn daéōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰ́εῐ̈ tôi dáeï	τοῖν δᾰέοιν toîn daéoin	τοῖς δᾰ́εσῐ / δᾰ́εσῐν toîs dáesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δᾰ́ος tò dáos	τὼ δᾰ́εε tṑ dáee	τᾰ̀ δᾰ́εᾰ tà dáea
Vocative	δᾰ́ος dáos	δᾰ́εε dáee	δᾰ́εᾰ dáea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

From Phrygian δάος (dáos), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w- (per Derksen); elsewhere reconstructed as *dʰew- (“to die”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬎𐬎- (dauu-, “to crush, to oppress”) (attested as 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuaidī, 1 du. past middle)). Further, akin to Ancient Greek Ζεὺς θαύλιος (Zeùs thaúlios, “Zeus the strangler? (Phrygian god)”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.os/ → /ˈða.os/ → /ˈða.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.os/

Noun

δάος • (dáos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: Phrygian word for λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).

Further reading

• “δάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δάος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δάος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δάος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δάος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: δ