ὀθόνη

See also: οθόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A culture word of foreign (substrate) origin. According to Lewy, it is from Hebrew אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn, “fine linen”), itself from Egyptian jdmj (“fine red linen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.tʰó.nɛː/ → /oˈθo.ni/ → /oˈθo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.tʰó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈtʰo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈθo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈθo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈθo.ni/

Noun

ὀθόνη • (othónē) f (genitive ὀθόνης); first declension

1. fine linen cloth
2. sailcloth, sail
3. (in the plural) (anatomy) membranes that enclose the pupil of the eye

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀθόνη; τῆς ὀθόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀθόνη hē othónē	τὼ ὀθόνᾱ tṑ othónā	αἱ ὀθόναι hai othónai
Genitive	τῆς ὀθόνης tês othónēs	τοῖν ὀθόναιν toîn othónain	τῶν ὀθονῶν tôn othonôn
Dative	τῇ ὀθόνῃ têi othónēi	τοῖν ὀθόναιν toîn othónain	ταῖς ὀθόναις taîs othónais
Accusative	τὴν ὀθόνην tḕn othónēn	τὼ ὀθόνᾱ tṑ othónā	τᾱ̀ς ὀθόνᾱς tā̀s othónās
Vocative	ὀθόνη othónē	ὀθόνᾱ othónā	ὀθόναι othónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀθονείδιον (othoneídion)
• ὀθονιακός (othoniakós)
• ὀθονιηρά (othoniērá)
• ὀθόνινος (othóninos)
• ὀθόνιον (othónion)
• ὀθονιοπλόκος (othonioplókos)
• ὀθονιοποιός (othoniopoiós)
• ὀθονιοπώλης (othoniopṓlēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: οθόνη (othóni)

Further reading

• “ὀθόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀθόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὀθόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀθόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀθόνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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