πυτίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βυτίνη (butínē)

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek origin, based on the interchange π/β observed between the word and its variant βυτίνη (butínē), as well as the presence of the often pre-Greek infix -ῑn-.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.tǐː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈti.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈti.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈti.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈti.ni/

Noun

πῡτῑ́νη • (pūtī́nē) f (genitive πῡτῑ́νης); first declension

a flagon, flask

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῡτῑ́νη; τῆς πῡτῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῡτῑ́νη hē pūtī́nē	τὼ πῡτῑ́νᾱ tṑ pūtī́nā	αἱ πῡτῖναι hai pūtînai
Genitive	τῆς πῡτῑ́νης tês pūtī́nēs	τοῖν πῡτῑ́ναιν toîn pūtī́nain	τῶν πῡτῑνῶν tôn pūtīnôn
Dative	τῇ πῡτῑ́νῃ têi pūtī́nēi	τοῖν πῡτῑ́ναιν toîn pūtī́nain	ταῖς πῡτῑ́ναις taîs pūtī́nais
Accusative	τὴν πῡτῑ́νην tḕn pūtī́nēn	τὼ πῡτῑ́νᾱ tṑ pūtī́nā	τᾱ̀ς πῡτῑ́νᾱς tā̀s pūtī́nās
Vocative	πῡτῑ́νη pūtī́nē	πῡτῑ́νᾱ pūtī́nā	πῡτῖναι pūtînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀσκοπυτίνη (askoputínē)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πυτίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1264
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βυτίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250