πλεκτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, twine”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πλεκτᾰ́νη • (plektánē) f (genitive πλεκτᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath
  2. (in the plural) arms of the octopus, tentacles
  3. (in the plural) antennae of the shrimp
  4. (in the plural) meshes of a spiderweb
  5. (pathology) mastoid growth in the uterus
  6. (anatomy) Fallopian tubes
  7. (anatomy) plexus of veins

Inflection
First declension of ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη; τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη
hē plektánē		 τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ plektánā		 αἱ πλεκτᾰ́ναι
hai plektánai
Genitive τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης
tês plektánēs		 τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν
toîn plektánain		 τῶν πλεκτᾰνῶν
tôn plektanôn
Dative τῇ πλεκτᾰ́νῃ
têi plektánēi		 τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν
toîn plektánain		 ταῖς πλεκτᾰ́ναις
taîs plektánais
Accusative τὴν πλεκτᾰ́νην
tḕn plektánēn		 τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ plektánā		 τᾱ̀ς πλεκτᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s plektánās
Vocative πλεκτᾰ́νη
plektánē		 πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
plektánā		 πλεκτᾰ́ναι
plektánai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • πλεκτᾰνόομαι (plektanóomai)
  • πλεκτᾰνόστολος (plektanóstolos)
  • πλεκτᾰνώδης (plektanṓdēs)
  • πλεκτᾰ́νῐον (plektánion)

Descendants
  • Greek: πλεκτάνη (plektáni)

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.