διρκαι-

Δίρκη

fem nom /voc pl

Δίρκᾱͅ, Δίρκη

fem dat sg (doric aeolic)

Δίρκᾱ, Δίρκη

fem nom /voc /acc dual

Δίρκᾱ, Δίρκη

fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

Δίρκαι, Δίρκη

fem nom /voc pl

Δίρκᾱͅ, Δίρκη

fem dat sg (doric aeolic)

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: = κιρκαία, `Vincetoxicum nigrum' (Dsc.);

Other forms: δίρκαιον n. (Ps.-Dsc.) = δαῦκος (s. v.) and στρύχνον ὑπνωτικόν, `Withania somnifera'; δίρκος m. `seed of pine' (Paus. Gr.)

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

Etymology: Acc. to Dsc. 4, 75 the plant was called after the sorceress Circe (" ἐπειδη δοκεῖ ἡ ῥίζα φίλτρων εἶναι ποιητική"). We do not know which of the two forms is original. διρκαι- may be from the source Δίρκη. S. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 93 and 152. Fur. 255 points to the Pre-Greek names in - αιο-.

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Δαναί̈δες, ων, αἱ the Danaids, daughters of Danaus (all of whom, except Hypermestra, at the behest of their father killed their husbands on their wedding night) 1 Cl 6:2 (the D. linked with Tantalus, Tityus, and Sisyphus in [Plato] Axiochus 371e, and are said to suffer punishment by filling leaky jars with water, but the traditions vary; s. RKnopf, Hdb. ad loc. The rdg. Δαναί̈δες κ. Δίρκαι, found in all mss., is also defended by APlummer, ET 26, 1915, 560–62. For satirical use of the myths s. Tat. 26, 1).—Kl. Pauly I 1379f; II 99.

Δίρκη, ης, ἡ Dirce, wife of the Theban king Lycus; she was dragged to death by a wild bull. Pl. (with Δίρκαι=people like Dirce cp. Themist., Or. 285c … Τιμάιους, Δικαιάρχους=men like Timaeus, Dicaearchus; Himerius, Or. [Ecl.] 5, 24 Θησεῖς κ. Κόδροι; schol. on Plato, Tht. 169b; Synesius, Calvit. 21 p. 85b) of Christian women who were martyred 1 Cl 6:2; s. Δαναί̈δες (cp. Diod S 14, 112, 1 τραγικήν τινα τιμωρίαν λαμβάνειν=receive a punishment of the kind found in tragedy). Kl. Pauly II 99.