Δονάκτας

Δονάκτας, ου, ὁ, epith. of Apollo, prob. in Theopomp.Hist.281.

Δονάκτᾱν, Δονάκτας

masc acc sg (epic doric aeolic)

Δονάκτας

masc acc sg

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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