πιθάκνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῐσάκνα (pisákna) — Laconian
• φῐδάκνη (phidáknē) — Attic

Etymology

Ultimately from πίθος (píthos, “jar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.tʰá.knɛː/ → /piˈθa.kni/ → /piˈθa.kni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰá.knɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰa.kne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθa.kni/

Noun

πῐθάκνη • (pitháknē) f (genitive πῐθάκνης); first declension

1. cask or jar, used for storing figs

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῐθάκνη; τῆς πῐθάκνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῐθάκνη hē pitháknē	τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pitháknā	αἱ πῐθάκναι hai pitháknai
Genitive	τῆς πῐθάκνης tês pitháknēs	τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pitháknain	τῶν πῐθακνῶν tôn pithaknôn
Dative	τῇ πῐθάκνῃ têi pitháknēi	τοῖν πῐθάκναιν toîn pitháknain	ταῖς πῐθάκναις taîs pitháknais
Accusative	τὴν πῐθάκνην tḕn pitháknēn	τὼ πῐθάκνᾱ tṑ pitháknā	τᾱ̀ς πῐθάκνᾱς tā̀s pitháknās
Vocative	πῐθάκνη pitháknē	πῐθάκνᾱ pitháknā	πῐθάκναι pitháknai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πῐθακνίς (pithaknís)
• πῐθάκνῐον (pitháknion)

 

Further reading

• “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πιθάκνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πιθάκνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette