πηνίον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from πήνη (pḗnē, “spool, bobbin”). Also see Latin panus (“ear of millet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛː.ní.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝ˈni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈni.on/
Noun
[edit]πηνίον • (pēníon) n (genitive πηνίου); second declension
- bobbin
- ἐπὶ δ' ὄρνυτο δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς ἄγχι μάλ', ὡς ὅτε τίς τε γυναικὸς ἐϋζώνοιο στήθεός ἐστι κανών, ὅν τ' εὖ μάλα χερσὶ τανύσσῃ πηνίον ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον, ἀγχόθι δ' ἴσχει στήθεος (Iliad 23.759)