σατίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly related to σάτιλλα (sátilla, “Big Dipper”). There is a certain similarity between σάτιλλα (sátilla) and Armenian սայլ (sayl, “cart, oxcart”). This should perhaps be explained as borrowing through, for example, Phrygian. Schmitt rather argues for a Thracian origin of σάτιλλα (sátilla), whereas remote resemblance of Armenian սայլ (sayl, “cart, oxcart”) with Georgian ეტლი (eṭli, “chariot”) is pointed out by Adontz. According to Beekes both words are from Pre-Greek, because they defy derivation from Indo-European.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tí.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/

Noun

σᾰτῐ́νη • (satínē) f (genitive σᾰτῐ́νης); first declension

(in the plural) chariot

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰτῐ́νη; τῆς σᾰτῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰτῐ́νη hē satínē	τὼ σᾰτῐ́νᾱ tṑ satínā	αἱ σᾰτῐ́ναι hai satínai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰτῐ́νης tês satínēs	τοῖν σᾰτῐ́ναιν toîn satínain	τῶν σᾰτῐνῶν tôn satinôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰτῐ́νῃ têi satínēi	τοῖν σᾰτῐ́ναιν toîn satínain	ταῖς σᾰτῐ́ναις taîs satínais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰτῐ́νην tḕn satínēn	τὼ σᾰτῐ́νᾱ tṑ satínā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰτῐ́νᾱς tā̀s satínās
Vocative	σᾰτῐ́νη satínē	σᾰτῐ́νᾱ satínā	σᾰτῐ́ναι satínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“σατίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σατίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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