εἱαμενή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰᾰμενή (eiamenḗ), ἰαμενή (iamenḗ), ἴαμνοι (íamnoi)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word is Pre-Greek in view of the variations.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /heː.a.me.nɛ̌ː/ → /i.a.meˈni/ → /i.a.meˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /heː.a.me.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.a.meˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.a.meˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.a.meˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.a.meˈni/

Noun

εἱᾰμενή • (heiamenḗ) f (genitive εἱᾰμενῆς); first declension

1. riverside pasture or water meadow, lowland
2. place mentioned as the home of the poplar

Declension

First declension of ἡ εἱᾰμενή; τῆς εἱᾰμενῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἱᾰμενή hē heiamenḗ	τὼ εἱᾰμενᾱ́ tṑ heiamenā́	αἱ εἱᾰμεναί hai heiamenaí
Genitive	τῆς εἱᾰμενῆς tês heiamenês	τοῖν εἱᾰμεναῖν toîn heiamenaîn	τῶν εἱᾰμενῶν tôn heiamenôn
Dative	τῇ εἱᾰμενῇ têi heiamenêi	τοῖν εἱᾰμεναῖν toîn heiamenaîn	ταῖς εἱᾰμεναῖς taîs heiamenaîs
Accusative	τὴν εἱᾰμενήν tḕn heiamenḗn	τὼ εἱᾰμενᾱ́ tṑ heiamenā́	τᾱ̀ς εἱᾰμενᾱ́ς tā̀s heiamenā́s
Vocative	εἱᾰμενή heiamenḗ	εἱᾰμενᾱ́ heiamenā́	εἱᾰμεναί heiamenaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εἱαμενή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἱαμενή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εἱαμενή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἱαμενή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἱαμενή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• εἱαμενή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἱαμενή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379