ληνός

See also: λῆνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • λᾱνός (lānós) — Doric

Etymology

Unexplained. Perhaps a technical term of the Pre-Greek substrate.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ληνός • (lēnós) f (genitive ληνοῦ); second declension

  1. anything shaped like a tub or trough
  2. winepress, vat where grapes are pressed
  3. trough, for watering cattle
  4. socket into which the mast fitted
  5. coffin, sarcophagus
  6. (anatomy) torcular Herophili, the confluence of sinuses
  7. lower parts of the nose

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ ληνός; τῆς ληνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ληνός
hē lēnós		 τὼ ληνώ
tṑ lēnṓ		 αἱ ληνοί
hai lēnoí
Genitive τῆς ληνοῦ
tês lēnoû		 τοῖν ληνοῖν
toîn lēnoîn		 τῶν ληνῶν
tôn lēnôn
Dative τῇ ληνῷ
têi lēnôi		 τοῖν ληνοῖν
toîn lēnoîn		 ταῖς ληνοῖς
taîs lēnoîs
Accusative τὴν ληνόν
tḕn lēnón		 τὼ ληνώ
tṑ lēnṓ		 τᾱ̀ς ληνούς
tā̀s lēnoús
Vocative ληνέ
lēné		 ληνώ
lēnṓ		 ληνοί
lēnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἄληνος (álēnos)
  • ληνεών (lēneṓn)
  • ληνίδιον (lēnídion)
  • ληνίς (lēnís)
  • ληνοβάτης (lēnobátēs)
  • ληνοπατέω (lēnopatéō)
  • ληνόπιθος (lēnópithos)
  • ληνοποιός (lēnopoiós)
  • ὑπολήνιον (hupolḗnion)

Further reading
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