κλίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klǐː.nɛː/ → /ˈkli.ni/ → /ˈkli.ni/

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

Noun

κλῑ́νη • (klī́nē) f (genitive κλῑ́νης); first declension

1. bed, couch

Declension

First declension of ἡ κλῑ́νη; τῆς κλῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κλῑ́νη hē klī́nē	τὼ κλῑ́νᾱ tṑ klī́nā	αἱ κλῖναι hai klînai
Genitive	τῆς κλῑ́νης tês klī́nēs	τοῖν κλῑ́ναιν toîn klī́nain	τῶν κλῑνῶν tôn klīnôn
Dative	τῇ κλῑ́νῃ têi klī́nēi	τοῖν κλῑ́ναιν toîn klī́nain	ταῖς κλῑ́ναις taîs klī́nais
Accusative	τὴν κλῑ́νην tḕn klī́nēn	τὼ κλῑ́νᾱ tṑ klī́nā	τᾱ̀ς κλῑ́νᾱς tā̀s klī́nās
Vocative	κλῑ́νη klī́nē	κλῑ́νᾱ klī́nā	κλῖναι klînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλινικός (klinikós)

References

• “κλίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G2825 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bed idem, page 68.
  • bedstead idem, page 69.
  • bier idem, page 78.
  • couch idem, page 176.
  • stretcher idem, page 825.

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Greek

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “the bed”).

Noun

κλίνη • (klíni) f (plural κλίνες)

1. (formal) bed

   ξενοδοχείο 300 κλινών ― xenodocheío 300 klinón ― a hotel with 300 beds

   κλινική 300 κλινών ― klinikí 300 klinón ― a clinic with 300 beds

Declension

Declension of κλίνη

	singular	plural
nominative	κλίνη •	κλίνες •
genitive	κλίνης •	κλινών •
accusative	κλίνη •	κλίνες •
vocative	κλίνη •	κλίνες •

Synonyms

• ευνή f (evní) (archaic)
• κοίτη f (koíti) (archaic, very rare)
• κρεβάτι n (kreváti)