Δάφνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek δᾰ́φνη (dáphnē, “bay laurel”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Δάφνις • (Dáphnis) m (genitive Δάφνῐδος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Daphnis, was a Sicilian herdsman and the inventor of bucolic poetry

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Δάφνῐς; τοῦ Δάφνῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δάφνῐς
ho Dáphnis
Genitive τοῦ Δάφνῐδος
toû Dáphnidos
Dative τῷ Δάφνῐδῐ
tôi Dáphnidi
Accusative τὸν Δάφνῐν
tòn Dáphnin
Vocative Δάφνῐ
Dáphni
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 *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Δάφνις (Dáfnis), Δάφνιδας (Dáfnidas)
  • Latin: Daphnis

See also
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