ἀθραγένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Frisk compares ἄθρας (áthras, “chariot”), but it is semantically untenable. Furnée compares ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē, “purslane”) and concludes to a Pre-Greek origin, which is sustained also by Beekes due to the presence of prenasalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰra.ɡé.nɛː/ → /a.θraˈʝe.ni/ → /a.θraˈʝe.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰra.ɡé.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰraˈɡe.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/

Noun

ἀθρᾰ́γένη • (athrắgénē) f (genitive ἀθρᾰ́γένης); first declension

1. traveller's joy, smokewood (Clematis vitalba)

   Synonym: κλημᾰτῐ́ς (klēmătĭ́s)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθρᾰγένη; τῆς ἀθρᾰγένης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθρᾰγένη hē athrăgénē	τὼ ἀθρᾰγένᾱ tṑ athrăgénā	αἱ ἀθρᾰ́γεναι hai athrắgenai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθρᾰγένης tês athrăgénēs	τοῖν ἀθρᾰγέναιν toîn athrăgénain	τῶν ἀθρᾰγενῶν tôn athrăgenôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθρᾰγένῃ têi athrăgénēi	τοῖν ἀθρᾰγέναιν toîn athrăgénain	ταῖς ἀθρᾰγέναις taîs athrăgénais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθρᾰγένην tḕn athrăgénēn	τὼ ἀθρᾰγένᾱ tṑ athrăgénā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθρᾰγένᾱς tā̀s athrăgénās
Vocative	ἀθρᾰγένη athrăgénē	ἀθρᾰγένᾱ athrăgénā	ἀθρᾰ́γεναι athrắgenai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀθραγένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀθραγένη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθραγένη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀθραγένη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29