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Headword: Δάκες
Adler number: delta,20
Translated headword: Dakes, Dacians
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Those who are now called Patzinakitai.[1]
The nominative dakos, [dative] dakei; [plural] dake and daketa, beasts, venomous serpents. Also daketas similarly.[2]

Greek Original:

Δάκες: οἱ νῦν Πατζινακίται λεγόμενοι. ἡ εὐθεῖα Δάκος, τῷ δάκει. Δάκη καὶ Δάκετα, θηρία ἰοβόλα ἑρπετά. καὶ Δακέτας ὁμοίως.

Notes:

[1] The gloss, Patzinakitai or Patzinakai, is common in late sources; especially in Constantine VII, De imperio adminstrando. See generally OCD(3) s.v. Dacia.
[2] Cognate with the verb δάκνω : "biting" animals.

Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; zoology
Translated by: Gabriel Bodard on 2 June 2000@12:51:05.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (rearranged translation) on 22 September 2002@00:32:13.
Catharine Roth (added note) on 23 September 2002@00:27:23.
David Whitehead (augmented note 1; added keyword; cosmetics) on 10 September 2003@07:51:16.

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