ταινία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation comparable to κειρία (keiría, “band, tapeworm”). According to Beekes, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“stretch”), the same root of τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”), even though the details are rather unclear. The missing link may be a noun like *ταῖνα (*taîna) or *ταινά (*tainá).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ταινῐ́ᾱ • (tainíā) f (genitive ταινῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. band, fillet, headband worn in sign of victory
  2. breastband worn by young girls
  3. ribbon, tape, band
  4. strip in fur
  5. pennon of a ship
  6. strip or tongue of land
  7. (in joiner's work) fillet, fascia
  8. tapeworm, taenia
    Synonym: κειρία (keiría)
  9. kind of long, thin fish

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ
hē tainíā		 τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ
tṑ tainíā		 αἱ ταινῐ́αι
hai tainíai
Genitive τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς
tês tainíās		 τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν
toîn tainíain		 τῶν ταινῐῶν
tôn tainiôn
Dative τῇ ταινῐ́ᾳ
têi tainíāi		 τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν
toîn tainíain		 ταῖς ταινῐ́αις
taîs tainíais
Accusative τὴν ταινῐ́ᾱν
tḕn tainíān		 τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ
tṑ tainíā		 τᾱ̀ς ταινῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s tainíās
Vocative ταινῐ́ᾱ
tainíā		 ταινῐ́ᾱ
tainíā		 ταινῐ́αι
tainíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ταινιάζω (tainiázō)
  • ταινίδιον (tainídion)
  • ταινιοειδής (tainioeidḗs)
  • ταινίον (tainíon)
  • ταινιόπωλις (tainiópōlis)
  • ταινιόω (tainióō)
  • ταινιώδης (tainiṓdēs)
  • ταινιωτικός (tainiōtikós)
  • ὑποταίνιος (hupotaínios)

Descendants
  • Greek: ταινία (tainía)
  • → Latin: taenia
  • → Translingual: Taenia

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía).

Noun

ταινία • (tainía) f (plural ταινίες)

  1. film (UK), movie (US)
    Εκείνη η ταινία ακόμα δεν παίζεται στα σινεμά.
    Ekeíni i tainía akóma den paízetai sta sinemá.
    That film/movie is not yet showing in theaters.
  2. ribbon, tape, band
  3. tape measure
  4. streak
  5. tapeworm

Declension
declension of ταινία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ταινία • ταινίες •
genitive ταινίας • ταινιών •
accusative ταινία • ταινίες •
vocative ταινία • ταινίες •

Synonyms
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