σαργάνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ταργάνη (targánē)
Etymology
The formation of this word can be compared with πλεκτάνη (plektánē) and ὁρκάνη (horkánē). According to Beekes, the variation σ/τ proves a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sar.ɡá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sarˈɡa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sarˈɣa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sarˈɣa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sarˈɣa.ni/
Noun
σαργάνη • (sargánē) f (genitive σαργάνης); first declension
- plait, braid
- plaited basket
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σαργάνη; τῆς σαργάνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σαργάνη hē sargánē | τὼ σαργάνᾱ tṑ sargánā | αἱ σαργάναι hai sargánai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σαργάνης tês sargánēs | τοῖν σαργάναιν toîn sargánain | τῶν σαργανῶν tôn sarganôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σαργάνῃ têi sargánēi | τοῖν σαργάναιν toîn sargánain | ταῖς σαργάναις taîs sargánais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σαργάνην tḕn sargánēn | τὼ σαργάνᾱ tṑ sargánā | τᾱ̀ς σαργάνᾱς tā̀s sargánās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σαργάνη sargánē | σαργάνᾱ sargánā | σαργάναι sargánai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σαργανίδιον (sarganídion)
- σαργάνιον (sargánion)
- σαργανίς (sarganís)
Further reading
- “σαργάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σαργάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN