πίνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πῖνα (pîna), πίννα (pínna)
Etymology
According to Lewy, perhaps from Hebrew פנין (pĕnin, “coral”), but in view of the variation ν/νν, it is more probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ni/
Noun
πῑ́νη • (pī́nē) f (genitive πῑ́νης); first declension
- pen shell (bivalve of the family Pinnidae)
- pearl shell, pearl
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῑ́νη hē pī́nē |
τὼ πῑ́νᾱ tṑ pī́nā |
αἱ πῖναι hai pînai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῑ́νης tês pī́nēs |
τοῖν πῑ́ναιν toîn pī́nain |
τῶν πῑνῶν tôn pīnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῑ́νῃ têi pī́nēi |
τοῖν πῑ́ναιν toîn pī́nain |
ταῖς πῑ́ναις taîs pī́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῑ́νην tḕn pī́nēn |
τὼ πῑ́νᾱ tṑ pī́nā |
τᾱ̀ς πῑ́νᾱς tā̀s pī́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῑ́νη pī́nē |
πῑ́νᾱ pī́nā |
πῖναι pînai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀληθινόπινος (alēthinópinos)
- πινάριον (pinárion)
- πινίκιος (piníkios)
- πίνινος (píninos)
- πινοτήρης (pinotḗrēs)
- πινώτιον (pinṓtion)
Further reading
- “πίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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