λίνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Could be from a Proto-Indo-European *linom, with cognates including Old Church Slavonic льнъ (lĭnŭ), Latin līnum, and Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽 (lein). However, the Latin and Germanic forms have a long i. Could also be a loanword to Latin and Ancient Greek which other languages borrowed.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.non/ → /ˈli.non/ → /ˈli.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.non/

Noun

λῐ́νον • (línon) n (genitive λῐ́νου); second declension

1. anything made of flax
   1. cord, thread
   2. the thread of destiny spun by the Fates
   3. fishing net
   4. wick (of a lamp)
   5. linen
2. the plant flax

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́νον; τοῦ λῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́νον tò línon	τὼ λῐ́νω tṑ línō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́νᾰ tà lína
Genitive	τοῦ λῐ́νου toû línou	τοῖν λῐ́νοιν toîn línoin	τῶν λῐ́νων tôn línōn
Dative	τῷ λῐ́νῳ tôi línōi	τοῖν λῐ́νοιν toîn línoin	τοῖς λῐ́νοις toîs línois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́νον tò línon	τὼ λῐ́νω tṑ línō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́νᾰ tà lína
Vocative	λῐ́νον línon	λῐ́νω línō	λῐ́νᾰ lína
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λίνινος (líninos)
• λινόζωστις (linózōstis)

 

References

• “λίνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λίνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λίνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• λίνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G3043 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.
  • canvas idem, page 111.
  • flax idem, page 327.
  • linen idem, page 493.
  • lint idem, page 493.
  • sheet idem, page 764.