δόναξ

δόναξ: δόναξ

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `pole-reed, what is made of it, shaft of an arrow, pipe' (Il.).

Other forms: also δῶναξ, δοῦναξ (s. below), -ακος

Derivatives: δονακεύς `thicket of reeds' (Σ 576 -κῆα, lengthening at verse end?; cf. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 21f.), also `bird-catcher' (Opp. K. 1, 73) postverbal to δονακεύομαι `catch birds with a lime-stick' (AP); δονακών `thicket of reeds' (Paus.); δονακήματα αὑλήματα H.; s. Chantr. Form. 178. - δονακώδης `rich in reed' (B.), δονακόεις `id.' (E.), δονάκινος (H. s. κερκίδας; uncertain); δονακῖτις `made of reed', also plant name (AP; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 71, 112, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 36); δονακηδόν `reed-like' (A.D.). (Uncertain Δονάκτας surname of Apollon (Theopomp. Hist. 281), perh. for Δονακίτης (Redard 208).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: The forms δῶναξ (Theoc. 20, 29 beside δόναξ Ep. 2, 3 and Pi. P. 12, 25), δοῦναξ (AP) are explained as `Hyperdialektisierungen' (or, for δοῦναξ, as metrical lengthening, Schulze Q. 205). But this is not an explanation. They are more prob. variants of a Pre-Greek word (see Beekes, Pre-Greek, 6.1 on vowels, where we find ο\/ου and ου\/ω); this is confirmed by -αξ. - Mostly connected with δονέω `shake' (see the parallels in Strömberg Pflanzennamen 76f.), which is most doubtful. The comparison with Latv. duonis `reed' would require a long ō; the vowel of δόναξ would come from δονέω. (Not here Goth. tains `twig' etc.) - δόναξ is also the fish σωλήν (Ath.) - Nehring Glotta 14, 181 considers δόναξ as unGreek.

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δόναξ — shaken with the wind ) masc nom/voc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δόναξ — ( ακος), ο (AM δόναξ Α και δοῡναξ και δῶναξ) 1. καλάμι, βλαστός, στέλεχος φυτού, κοτσάνι 2. οστρακόδερμο με οδοντωτά εσωτερικά χείλη νεοελλ. κόσμημα τών ραβδώσεων τών κιόνων και των παραστάδων σε σχήμα ημικυκλικής ράβδου αρχ. 1. κρεβάτι από… … Dictionary of Greek
δονάκεσσι — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc dat pl (epic aeolic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δονάκεσσιν — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc dat pl (epic aeolic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δονάκων — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc gen pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δούνακα — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc acc sg (ionic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δούνακας — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc acc pl (ionic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δούνακος — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc gen sg (ionic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δόνακα — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc acc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δόνακας — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
δόνακες — δόναξ shaken with the wind ) masc nom/voc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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