πλανίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares this word with κλανίον (klaníon, “bracelet”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin in view of the variation between bilabial and velar.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pla.nís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plaˈnis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plaˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plaˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plaˈnis/

Noun

πλανίς • (planís)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: golden headband of the bride.

References

“πλανίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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
Hesychius' Lexicon: π

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