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 • (lămpḗnē) f (genitive λᾰμπήνης); first declension

covered chariot

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰμπήνη; τῆς λᾰμπήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰμπήνη hē lămpḗnē	τὼ λᾰμπήνᾱ tṑ lămpḗnā	αἱ λᾰμπῆναι hai lămpênai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰμπήνης tês lămpḗnēs	τοῖν λᾰμπήναιν toîn lămpḗnain	τῶν λᾰμπηνῶν tôn lămpēnôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰμπήνῃ têi lămpḗnēi	τοῖν λᾰμπήναιν toîn lămpḗnain	ταῖς λᾰμπήναις taîs lămpḗnais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰμπήνην tḕn lămpḗnēn	τὼ λᾰμπήνᾱ tṑ lămpḗnā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπήνᾱς tā̀s lămpḗnās
Vocative	λᾰμπήνη lămpḗnē	λᾰμπήνᾱ lămpḗnā	λᾰμπῆναι lămpênai
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