λέμνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the presence of the cluster -μν- and the specific meaning of the noun, it could be a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lém.na/ → /ˈlem.na/ → /ˈlem.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lém.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.na/

Noun

λέμνᾰ • (lémna) f (genitive λέμνης); first declension

1. star grass (plant of the genus Callitriche)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λέμνᾰ; τῆς λέμνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λέμνᾰ hē lémna	τὼ λέμνᾱ tṑ lémnā	αἱ λέμναι hai lémnai
Genitive	τῆς λέμνης tês lémnēs	τοῖν λέμναιν toîn lémnain	τῶν λεμνῶν tôn lemnôn
Dative	τῇ λέμνῃ têi lémnēi	τοῖν λέμναιν toîn lémnain	ταῖς λέμναις taîs lémnais
Accusative	τὴν λέμνᾰν tḕn lémnan	τὼ λέμνᾱ tṑ lémnā	τᾱ̀ς λέμνᾱς tā̀s lémnās
Vocative	λέμνᾰ lémna	λέμνᾱ lémnā	λέμναι lémnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lemna

Further reading

• “λέμνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέμνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette