ῥοδάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥοδανός (rhodanós, “wavering, flickering”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.dá.nɛː/ → /roˈða.ni/ → /roˈða.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.dá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈda.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈða.ni/

Noun

ῥοδᾰ́νη • (rhodánē) f (genitive ῥοδᾰ́νης); first declension

1. woof or weft

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥοδᾰ́νη; τῆς ῥοδᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥοδᾰ́νη hē rhodánē	τὼ ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ tṑ rhodánā	αἱ ῥοδᾰ́ναι hai rhodánai
Genitive	τῆς ῥοδᾰ́νης tês rhodánēs	τοῖν ῥοδᾰ́ναιν toîn rhodánain	τῶν ῥοδᾰνῶν tôn rhodanôn
Dative	τῇ ῥοδᾰ́νῃ têi rhodánēi	τοῖν ῥοδᾰ́ναιν toîn rhodánain	ταῖς ῥοδᾰ́ναις taîs rhodánais
Accusative	τὴν ῥοδᾰ́νην tḕn rhodánēn	τὼ ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ tṑ rhodánā	τᾱ̀ς ῥοδᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s rhodánās
Vocative	ῥοδᾰ́νη rhodánē	ῥοδᾰ́νᾱ rhodánā	ῥοδᾰ́ναι rhodánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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