δάϊς

See also: δαίς and δαΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from an original meaning of “burning”, connected to δαΐς (daḯs, “torch”). However, the Mycenaean form *𐀅𐀂𐀦𐀲 (*-da-i-qo-ta), lacking -ϝ-, suggests a non-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

δάϊς • (dáïs) f; third declension

1. battle
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.286:

     ἀρᾶται δὲ τάχιστα μιγήμεναι ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ·

     arâtai dè tákhista migḗmenai en daï̀ lugrêi;

     • Translation by A. T. Murray

       but he prayeth to mingle forthwith in woeful war

   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 650
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 925
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fragmenta 243

Declension

Irregular declension of ἡ δάϊς; — (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ δάϊς hē dáïs
Genitive	—
Dative	τῇ δᾰΐ têi daḯ
Accusative	τὴν δάϊν tḕn dáïn
Vocative	—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δάϊος (dáïos)

Further reading

• “δάϊς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δάϊς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011