τορύνη

See also: Τορύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to κορύνη (korúnē), σιβύνη (sibúnē) and χελύνη (khelúnē). Semantically, one could connect Old English þweran (“to stir”) and þwirel (“stick for whipping milk”). Yet formally this etymology is implausible, since it would require a zero grade *τυρ-ύνη (*tur-únē). Derivation from the root of τείρω (teírō, “to oppress, distress, weaken”) is semantically difficult. Latin trua (“ladle”) has the same meaning, but the form cannot be reconciled with that of this word. In view of the suffix -υν-, the word could be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.ry̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈry.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈry.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈry.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈri.ni/

Noun

τορῡ́νη • (torū́nē) f (genitive τορῡ́νης); first declension

stirrer, ladle for stirring things while boiling
Synonym: ἐόργη (eórgē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τορῡ́νη; τῆς τορῡ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τορῡ́νη hē torū́nē	τὼ τορῡ́νᾱ tṑ torū́nā	αἱ τορῦναι hai torûnai
Genitive	τῆς τορῡ́νης tês torū́nēs	τοῖν τορῡ́ναιν toîn torū́nain	τῶν τορῡνῶν tôn torūnôn
Dative	τῇ τορῡ́νῃ têi torū́nēi	τοῖν τορῡ́ναιν toîn torū́nain	ταῖς τορῡ́ναις taîs torū́nais
Accusative	τὴν τορῡ́νην tḕn torū́nēn	τὼ τορῡ́νᾱ tṑ torū́nā	τᾱ̀ς τορῡ́νᾱς tā̀s torū́nās
Vocative	τορῡ́νη torū́nē	τορῡ́νᾱ torū́nā	τορῦναι torûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τορυνάω (torunáō)
τορυνητός (torunētós)

References

“τορύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τορύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τορύνη 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