λεκάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾰκᾰ́νη (lăkắnē) — Koine

Etymology

From λέκος (lékos, “dish, pot, pan”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names), alleged to be from Pre-Greek, however see λᾰ́γῡνος/λᾰ́γῠνος (lắgūnos/lắgŭnos, “flask”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.ká.nɛː/ → /leˈka.ni/ → /leˈka.ni/

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

Noun

λεκᾰ́νη • (lekắnē) f (genitive λεκᾰ́νης); first declension

1. dish, pot, pan, basin

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λεκᾰ́νη; τῆς λεκᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεκᾰ́νη hē lekắnē	τὼ λεκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lekắnā	αἱ λεκᾰ́ναι hai lekắnai
Genitive	τῆς λεκᾰ́νης tês lekắnēs	τοῖν λεκᾰ́ναιν toîn lekắnain	τῶν λεκᾰνῶν tôn lekănôn
Dative	τῇ λεκᾰ́νῃ têi lekắnēi	τοῖν λεκᾰ́ναιν toîn lekắnain	ταῖς λεκᾰ́ναις taîs lekắnais
Accusative	τὴν λεκᾰ́νην tḕn lekắnēn	τὼ λεκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lekắnā	τᾱ̀ς λεκᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s lekắnās
Vocative	λεκᾰ́νη lekắnē	λεκᾰ́νᾱ lekắnā	λεκᾰ́ναι lekắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεκάνιον (lekánion)
• λεκανίς (lekanís)
• λεκανίσκη (lekanískē)
• λεκανόμαντις (lekanómantis)
• λεκανόπωλις (lekanópōlis)
• λεκανοσκοπία (lekanoskopía)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: לקנא
• → Coptic: ⲗⲁⲕⲁⲛⲏ (lakanē)
• Greek: λεκάνη (lekáni)

References

• “λεκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λεκάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • charger idem, page 125.
  • dish idem, page 234.
  • plate idem, page 618.
• 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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈka.ni/

Noun

λεκάνη • (lekáni) f (plural λεκάνες)

1. any large bowl
2. washbasin, handbasin, sink
3. toilet bowl, toilet pan
4. (anatomy) pelvis
5. (geography) basin, catchment (An area of water that drains into a river)

Declension

Declension of λεκάνη

	singular	plural
nominative	λεκάνη (lekáni)	λεκάνες (lekánes)
genitive	λεκάνης (lekánis)	λεκανών (lekanón)
accusative	λεκάνη (lekáni)	λεκάνες (lekánes)
vocative	λεκάνη (lekáni)	λεκάνες (lekánes)

Derived terms

• λεκάνη απορροής f (lekáni aporroḯs, “drainage basin”)

See also

• αποχωρητήριο m (apochoritírio, “toilet, WC”)
• τουαλέτα f (toualéta, “toilet, WC”)