λέμνα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Given the presence of the cluster -μν- and the specific meaning of the noun, it could be a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlem.na/
Noun
λέμνᾰ • (lémna) f (genitive λέμνης); first declension
- star grass (plant of the genus Callitriche)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λέμνᾰ hē lémna |
τὼ λέμνᾱ tṑ lémnā |
αἱ λέμναι hai lémnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λέμνης tês lémnēs |
τοῖν λέμναιν toîn lémnain |
τῶν λεμνῶν tôn lemnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λέμνῃ têi lémnēi |
τοῖν λέμναιν toîn lémnain |
ταῖς λέμναις taîs lémnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λέμνᾰν tḕn lémnan |
τὼ λέμνᾱ tṑ lémnā |
τᾱ̀ς λέμνᾱς tā̀s lémnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέμνᾰ lémna |
λέμνᾱ lémnā |
λέμναι lémnai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Lemna
Further reading
- “λέμνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λέμνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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