πλεκτάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, twine”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plek.tá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /plekˈta.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /plekˈta.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /plekˈta.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /plekˈta.ni/
Noun
πλεκτᾰ́νη • (plektánē) f (genitive πλεκτᾰ́νης); first declension
- anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath
- (in the plural) arms of the octopus, tentacles
- (in the plural) antennae of the shrimp
- (in the plural) meshes of a spiderweb
- (pathology) mastoid growth in the uterus
- (anatomy) Fallopian tubes
- (anatomy) plexus of veins
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη; τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη hē plektánē | τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektánā | αἱ πλεκτᾰ́ναι hai plektánai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης tês plektánēs | τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektánain | τῶν πλεκτᾰνῶν tôn plektanôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πλεκτᾰ́νῃ têi plektánēi | τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektánain | ταῖς πλεκτᾰ́ναις taîs plektánais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πλεκτᾰ́νην tḕn plektánēn | τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektánā | τᾱ̀ς πλεκτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s plektánās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλεκτᾰ́νη plektánē | πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ plektánā | πλεκτᾰ́ναι plektánai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλεκτᾰ́νῐον (plektánion)
- πλεκτᾰνόομαι (plektanóomai)
- πλεκτᾰνόστολος (plektanóstolos)
- πλεκτᾰνώδης (plektanṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: πλεκτάνη (plektáni)
Further reading
- “πλεκτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλεκτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλεκτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette