πιθάκνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πισάκνα (pisákna)
- φιδάκνη (phidáknē) – Attic
Etymology
Ultimately from πίθος (píthos, “jar”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.tʰá.knɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈtʰa.kne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈθa.kni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈθa.kni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈθa.kni/
Noun
πῐθάκνη • (pitháknē) f (genitive πῐθάκνης); first declension
- cask or jar, used for storing figs
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πῐθάκνη; τῆς πῐθάκνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῐθάκνη hē pitháknē | τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pitháknā | αἱ πῐθάκναι hai pitháknai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῐθάκνης tês pitháknēs | τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pitháknain | τῶν πῐθακνῶν tôn pithaknôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῐθάκνῃ têi pitháknēi | τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pitháknain | ταῖς πῐθάκναις taîs pitháknais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῐθάκνην tḕn pitháknēn | τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pitháknā | τᾱ̀ς πῐθάκνᾱς tā̀s pitháknās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῐθάκνη pitháknē | πῐθάκνᾱ pitháknā | πῐθάκναι pitháknai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πῐθάκνῐον (pitháknion)
- πῐθακνίς (pithaknís)
Further reading
- “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πιθάκνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette