κατάνη

κατάνη

See also: Κατάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Sicel katane (“grater”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tá.nɛː/ → /kaˈta.ni/ → /kaˈta.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ni/

Noun

κᾰτᾰ́νη • (katánē) f (genitive κᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. grater

   Synonym: κνήστις (knḗstis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰ́νη; τῆς κᾰτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰ́νη hē katánē	τὼ κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ katánā	αἱ κᾰτᾰ́ναι hai katánai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰ́νης tês katánēs	τοῖν κᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn katánain	τῶν κᾰτᾰνῶν tôn katanôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰ́νῃ têi katánēi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn katánain	ταῖς κᾰτᾰ́ναις taîs katánais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰ́νην tḕn katánēn	τὼ κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ katánā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s katánās
Vocative	κᾰτᾰ́νη katánē	κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ katánā	κᾰτᾰ́ναι katánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κατάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κατάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. TI: Pellegrini, G.B., Toponomastica italiana, Milano, Hoepli, 1990.