θηγάνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- θήγᾰνον (thḗganon)
Etymology
From θήγω (thḗgō, “to sharpen, whet”), with a formation similar to δρεπάνη (drepánē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛː.ɡá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe̝ˈɡa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θiˈɣa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θiˈɣa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈɣa.ni/
Noun
θηγᾰ́νη • (thēgánē) f (genitive θηγᾰ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θηγᾰ́νη hē thēgánē |
τὼ θηγᾰ́νᾱ tṑ thēgánā |
αἱ θηγᾰ́ναι hai thēgánai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θηγᾰ́νης tês thēgánēs |
τοῖν θηγᾰ́ναιν toîn thēgánain |
τῶν θηγᾰνῶν tôn thēganôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θηγᾰ́νῃ têi thēgánēi |
τοῖν θηγᾰ́ναιν toîn thēgánain |
ταῖς θηγᾰ́ναις taîs thēgánais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θηγᾰ́νην tḕn thēgánēn |
τὼ θηγᾰ́νᾱ tṑ thēgánā |
τᾱ̀ς θηγᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s thēgánās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θηγᾰ́νη thēgánē |
θηγᾰ́νᾱ thēgánā |
θηγᾰ́ναι thēgánai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θηγᾰνῑ́της (thēganī́tēs)
Further reading
- “θηγάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θηγάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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