πτισάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτῐ́σσω (ptíssō, “to winnow grain”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, nominal suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pti.sá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptiˈsa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptiˈsa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptiˈsa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptiˈsa.ni/
Noun
πτῐσᾰ́νη • (ptisánē) f (genitive πτῐσᾰ́νης); first declension
- pearl barley
- barley-gruel
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πτῐσᾰ́νη; τῆς πτῐσᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ πτῐσᾰ́νη hē ptisánē | τὼ πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ tṑ ptisánā | αἱ πτῐσᾰ́ναι hai ptisánai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πτῐσᾰ́νης tês ptisánēs | τοῖν πτῐσᾰ́ναιν toîn ptisánain | τῶν πτῐσᾰνῶν tôn ptisanôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πτῐσᾰ́νῃ têi ptisánēi | τοῖν πτῐσᾰ́ναιν toîn ptisánain | ταῖς πτῐσᾰ́ναις taîs ptisánais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πτῐσᾰ́νην tḕn ptisánēn | τὼ πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ tṑ ptisánā | τᾱ̀ς πτῐσᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s ptisánās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτῐσᾰ́νη ptisánē | πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ ptisánā | πτῐσᾰ́ναι ptisánai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Derived terms
- πτῐσᾰ́νης (ptisánēs)
- πτῐσᾰνορρῠφῐ́ᾱ (ptisanorrhuphíā)
Descendants
- → Latin: tisana
- Catalan: tisana
- Middle French: tizane, tisane
- English: tisane
- French: tisane
- Romanian: tizană
- German: Ptisane
- Italian: tisana
- Portuguese: tisana
- Sicilian: tisana
- Spanish: tisana
Further reading
- “πτισάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πτισάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πτισάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette