πτισάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῐ́σσω (ptĭ́ssō, “to winnow grain”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, nominal suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to crush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pti.sá.nɛː/ → /ptiˈsa.ni/ → /ptiˈsa.ni/

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

Noun

πτῐσᾰ́νη • (ptĭsắnē) f (genitive πτῐσᾰ́νης); first declension

1. pearl barley
2. barley-gruel

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πτῐσᾰ́νη; τῆς πτῐσᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῐσᾰ́νη hē ptĭsắnē	τὼ πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ tṑ ptĭsắnā	αἱ πτῐσᾰ́ναι hai ptĭsắnai
Genitive	τῆς πτῐσᾰ́νης tês ptĭsắnēs	τοῖν πτῐσᾰ́ναιν toîn ptĭsắnain	τῶν πτῐσᾰνῶν tôn ptĭsănôn
Dative	τῇ πτῐσᾰ́νῃ têi ptĭsắnēi	τοῖν πτῐσᾰ́ναιν toîn ptĭsắnain	ταῖς πτῐσᾰ́ναις taîs ptĭsắnais
Accusative	τὴν πτῐσᾰ́νην tḕn ptĭsắnēn	τὼ πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ tṑ ptĭsắnā	τᾱ̀ς πτῐσᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s ptĭsắnās
Vocative	πτῐσᾰ́νη ptĭsắnē	πτῐσᾰ́νᾱ ptĭsắnā	πτῐσᾰ́ναι ptĭsắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πτῐσᾰ́νης (ptĭsắnēs)
• πτῐσᾰνορρῠφῐ́ᾱ (ptĭsănorrhŭphĭ́ā)

Descendants

• → Latin: tisana
  • Catalan: tisana
  • Middle French: tizane, tisane
    • English: tisane
    • French: tisane
      • Romanian: tizană
  • German: Ptisane
  • Italian: tisana
  • Portuguese: tisana
  • Sicilian: tisana
  • Spanish: tisana

Further reading

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