δρεπάνη
See also: Δρεπάνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δρέπανον (drépanon), δράπανον (drápanon)
Etymology
From δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, cut off”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, instrumental nominal suffix), closely cognate with Old Armenian արտեւան (artewan).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dre.pá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dreˈpa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðreˈpa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðreˈpa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðreˈpa.ni/
Noun
δρεπᾰ́νη • (drepánē) f (genitive δρεπᾰ́νης); first declension
- sickle
- Synonym: ζᾰ́γκλον (zánklon)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ δρεπᾰ́νη; τῆς δρεπᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δρεπᾰ́νη hē drepánē | τὼ δρεπᾰ́νᾱ tṑ drepánā | αἱ δρεπᾰ́ναι hai drepánai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δρεπᾰ́νης tês drepánēs | τοῖν δρεπᾰ́ναιν toîn drepánain | τῶν δρεπᾰνῶν tôn drepanôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δρεπᾰ́νῃ têi drepánēi | τοῖν δρεπᾰ́ναιν toîn drepánain | ταῖς δρεπᾰ́ναις taîs drepánais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δρεπᾰ́νην tḕn drepánēn | τὼ δρεπᾰ́νᾱ tṑ drepánā | τᾱ̀ς δρεπᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s drepánās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δρεπᾰ́νη drepánē | δρεπᾰ́νᾱ drepánā | δρεπᾰ́ναι drepánai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δρεπᾰ́νῐον (drepánion)
- δρεπᾰνῐ́ς (drepanís)
- δορυδρέπανον (dorudrépanon)
Descendants
- → Albanian: drapër, drapën from (Northwest) δράπανον (drápanon)
References
- Lamberterie, Charles de (2013), “Grec, phrygien, arménien : des anciens aux modernes”, in Journal des Savants (in French), issue 1, page 22 of 3–69
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
Further reading
- “δρεπάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δρεπάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δρεπάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)