γλίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γλίνα (glína), γλήνη (glḗnē)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). Cognate with γλία (glía), γλοιός (gloiós), Latin gluten, Proto-Germanic *klajjaz and Lithuanian glitùs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǐː.nɛː/ → /ˈɣli.ni/ → /ˈɣli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡli.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/

Noun

γλῑ́νη • (glī́nē) f (genitive γλῑ́νης); first declension

1. any viscous substance, slime, ooze

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλῑ́νη; τῆς γλῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῑ́νη hē glī́nē	τὼ γλῑ́νᾱ tṑ glī́nā	αἱ γλῖναι hai glînai
Genitive	τῆς γλῑ́νης tês glī́nēs	τοῖν γλῑ́ναιν toîn glī́nain	τῶν γλῑνῶν tôn glīnôn
Dative	τῇ γλῑ́νῃ têi glī́nēi	τοῖν γλῑ́ναιν toîn glī́nain	ταῖς γλῑ́ναις taîs glī́nais
Accusative	τὴν γλῑ́νην tḕn glī́nēn	τὼ γλῑ́νᾱ tṑ glī́nā	τᾱ̀ς γλῑ́νᾱς tā̀s glī́nās
Vocative	γλῑ́νη glī́nē	γλῑ́νᾱ glī́nā	γλῖναι glînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γλῑνώδης (glīnṓdēs)

Further reading

• “γλίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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