κανδάκη

See also: Κανδάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Meroitic 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 (kdke /⁠kandakə⁠/).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κανδάκη • (kandákē) f (genitive κανδάκης); first declension

  1. A candace, any one of the ancient Nubian warrior queens.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ κανδάκη; τῆς κανδάκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κανδάκη
hē kandákē		 τὼ κανδάκᾱ
tṑ kandákā		 αἱ κανδάκαι
hai kandákai
Genitive τῆς κανδάκης
tês kandákēs		 τοῖν κανδάκαιν
toîn kandákain		 τῶν κανδακῶν
tôn kandakôn
Dative τῇ κανδάκῃ
têi kandákēi		 τοῖν κανδάκαιν
toîn kandákain		 ταῖς κανδάκαις
taîs kandákais
Accusative τὴν κανδάκην
tḕn kandákēn		 τὼ κανδάκᾱ
tṑ kandákā		 τᾱ̀ς κανδάκᾱς
tā̀s kandákās
Vocative κανδάκη
kandákē		 κανδάκᾱ
kandákā		 κανδάκαι
kandákai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: κανδάκη (kandáki)
    • plural: κανδάκες (kandákes)
  • → Latin: candacē
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