βυκάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būcina.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /byː.ká.nɛː/ → /βyˈka.ni/ → /viˈka.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /byː.ká.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈka.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈka.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈka.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈka.ni/

Noun

βῡκᾰ́νη • (būkắnē) f (genitive βῡκᾰ́νης); first declension

1. spiral trumpet, horn

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῡκᾰ́νη; τῆς βῡκᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῡκᾰ́νη hē būkắnē	τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkắnā	αἱ βῡκᾰ́ναι hai būkắnai
Genitive	τῆς βῡκᾰ́νης tês būkắnēs	τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkắnain	τῶν βῡκᾰνῶν tôn būkănôn
Dative	τῇ βῡκᾰ́νῃ têi būkắnēi	τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkắnain	ταῖς βῡκᾰ́ναις taîs būkắnais
Accusative	τὴν βῡκᾰ́νην tḕn būkắnēn	τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkắnā	τᾱ̀ς βῡκᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s būkắnās
Vocative	βῡκᾰ́νη būkắnē	βῡκᾰ́νᾱ būkắnā	βῡκᾰ́ναι būkắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῡκᾰνᾰ́ω (būkănắō)
• βῡκᾰ́νημᾰ (būkắnēmă)
• βῡκᾰνητής (būkănētḗs)
• βῡκᾰνῐσμός (būkănĭsmós)
• βῡκᾰνῐστής (būkănĭstḗs)

Further reading

• “βυκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βυκάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βυκάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βυκάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248