βελόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βέλος (bélos, “arrow, dart”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βελόνη • (belónē) f (genitive βελόνης); first declension

  1. needle
  2. pipefish
  3. garfish

Inflection
First declension of ἡ βελόνη; τῆς βελόνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βελόνη
hē belónē		 τὼ βελόνᾱ
tṑ belónā		 αἱ βελόναι
hai belónai
Genitive τῆς βελόνης
tês belónēs		 τοῖν βελόναιν
toîn belónain		 τῶν βελονῶν
tôn belonôn
Dative τῇ βελόνῃ
têi belónēi		 τοῖν βελόναιν
toîn belónain		 ταῖς βελόναις
taîs belónais
Accusative τὴν βελόνην
tḕn belónēn		 τὼ βελόνᾱ
tṑ belónā		 τᾱ̀ς βελόνᾱς
tā̀s belónās
Vocative βελόνη
belónē		 βελόνᾱ
belónā		 βελόναι
belónai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: βελόνα (velóna)
  • Translingual: Belone (garfish)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

βελόνη • (velóni) f (plural βελόνες)

  1. Alternative form of βελόνα (velóna)

Declension
declension of βελόνη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βελόνη • βελόνες •
genitive βελόνης • βελονών •
accusative βελόνη • βελόνες •
vocative βελόνη • βελόνες •
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