ῥοδάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥοδανός (rhodanós, “wavering, flickering”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.dá.nɛː/ → /roˈða.ni/ → /roˈða.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.dá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈda.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/

Noun

ῥοδᾰ́νη • (rhodắnē) f (genitive ῥοδᾰ́νης); first declension

1. woof or weft

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥοδᾰ́νη; τῆς ῥοδᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥοδᾰ́νη hē rhodắnē	τὼ ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ tṑ rhodắnā	αἱ ῥοδᾰ́ναι hai rhodắnai
Genitive	τῆς ῥοδᾰ́νης tês rhodắnēs	τοῖν ῥοδᾰ́ναιν toîn rhodắnain	τῶν ῥοδᾰνῶν tôn rhodănôn
Dative	τῇ ῥοδᾰ́νῃ têi rhodắnēi	τοῖν ῥοδᾰ́ναιν toîn rhodắnain	ταῖς ῥοδᾰ́ναις taîs rhodắnais
Accusative	τὴν ῥοδᾰ́νην tḕn rhodắnēn	τὼ ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ tṑ rhodắnā	τᾱ̀ς ῥοδᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s rhodắnās
Vocative	ῥοδᾰ́νη rhodắnē	ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ rhodắnā	ῥοδᾰ́ναι rhodắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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