γλῆνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball; doll”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɛ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈɣli.nos/ → /ˈɣli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle̝.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.nos/

Noun

γλῆνος • (glênos) n (genitive γλήνεος); third declension

1. (in the plural) gaudy things, costume jewelry, trinkets

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ γλῆνος; τοῦ γλήνεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γλῆνος tò glênos	τὼ γλήνεε tṑ glḗnee	τᾰ̀ γλήνεᾰ tà glḗnea
Genitive	τοῦ γλήνεος toû glḗneos	τοῖν γληνέοιν toîn glēnéoin	τῶν γληνέων tôn glēnéōn
Dative	τῷ γλήνεῐ̈ tôi glḗneï	τοῖν γληνέοιν toîn glēnéoin	τοῖς γλήνεσῐ / γλήνεσῐν toîs glḗnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γλῆνος tò glênos	τὼ γλήνεε tṑ glḗnee	τᾰ̀ γλήνεᾰ tà glḗnea
Vocative	γλῆνος glênos	γλήνεε glḗnee	γλήνεᾰ glḗnea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γλῆνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γλῆνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλῆνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γλῆνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)