-άνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps -νος (-nos) +‎ -η (-ē) on α stems like Latin -ānus and Latin -ārium.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.nɛː/ → /ˈa.ni/ → /ˈa.ni/

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

Suffix

-ᾰ́νη • (-ắnē) f (genitive -ᾰ́νης); first declension

1. Suffix for instrument nouns.

Inflection

First declension of -ᾰ́νη; -ᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ᾰ́νη -ắnē	-ᾰ́νᾱ -ắnā	-ᾰ́ναι -ắnai
Genitive	-ᾰ́νης -ắnēs	-ᾰ́ναιν -ắnain	-ᾰνῶν -ănôn
Dative	-ᾰ́νῃ -ắnēi	-ᾰ́ναιν -ắnain	-ᾰ́ναις -ắnais
Accusative	-ᾰ́νην -ắnēn	-ᾰ́νᾱ -ắnā	-ᾰ́νᾱς -ắnās
Vocative	-ᾰ́νη -ắnē	-ᾰ́νᾱ -ắnā	-ᾰ́ναι -ắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άνη

ἀρτάνη

βοτάνη

δρεπάνη

λεκάνη

οὐράνη

πατάνη

πλεκτάνη

πτισάνη

ῥυκάνη

σαργάνη

σκαπάνη

τρυτάνη

τυκάνη

χοάνη