πιθάκνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῐσάκνα (pĭsákna) — Laconian
• φῐδάκνη (phĭdáknē) — Attic

Etymology

Ultimately from πίθος (píthos, “jar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.tʰá.knɛː/ → /piˈθa.kni/ → /piˈθa.kni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰá.knɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰa.kne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/

Noun

πῐθάκνη • (pĭtháknē) f (genitive πῐθάκνης); first declension

1. cask or jar, used for storing figs

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῐθάκνη; τῆς πῐθάκνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῐθάκνη hē pĭtháknē	τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pĭtháknā	αἱ πῐθάκναι hai pĭtháknai
Genitive	τῆς πῐθάκνης tês pĭtháknēs	τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pĭtháknain	τῶν πῐθακνῶν tôn pĭthaknôn
Dative	τῇ πῐθάκνῃ têi pĭtháknēi	τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pĭtháknain	ταῖς πῐθάκναις taîs pĭtháknais
Accusative	τὴν πῐθάκνην tḕn pĭtháknēn	τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pĭtháknā	τᾱ̀ς πῐθάκνᾱς tā̀s pĭtháknās
Vocative	πῐθάκνη pĭtháknē	πῐθάκνᾱ pĭtháknā	πῐθάκναι pĭtháknai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πῐθάκνῐον (pĭtháknĭon)
• πῐθακνίς (pĭthaknís)

Further reading

• “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πιθάκνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette