λαμπήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λαπίνη (lapínē)

Etymology

Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē) and καπᾱ́να (kapā́na). According to Beekes, the word is evidently Pre-Greek, because of the prenasalization and the suffix -ήνη.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lam.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lamˈpe̝.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpi.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpi.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lamˈbi.ni/

Noun

λᾰμπήνη • (lampḗnē) f (genitive λᾰμπήνης); first declension

covered chariot

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰμπήνη; τῆς λᾰμπήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰμπήνη hē lampḗnē	τὼ λᾰμπήνᾱ tṑ lampḗnā	αἱ λᾰμπῆναι hai lampênai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰμπήνης tês lampḗnēs	τοῖν λᾰμπήναιν toîn lampḗnain	τῶν λᾰμπηνῶν tôn lampēnôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰμπήνῃ têi lampḗnēi	τοῖν λᾰμπήναιν toîn lampḗnain	ταῖς λᾰμπήναις taîs lampḗnais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰμπήνην tḕn lampḗnēn	τὼ λᾰμπήνᾱ tṑ lampḗnā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπήνᾱς tā̀s lampḗnās
Vocative	λᾰμπήνη lampḗnē	λᾰμπήνᾱ lampḗnā	λᾰμπῆναι lampênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λαμπηνικός (lampēnikós)

References

“λαμπήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λαμπήνη 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