πλήμνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally associated with πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”), but this is popular etymology. Beekes preferably derives it from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”), the same root of πόλος (pólos, “axis, pole”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛ̌ːm.nɛː/ → /ˈplim.ni/ → /ˈplim.ni/

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

Noun

πλήμνη • (plḗmnē) f (genitive πλήμνης); first declension

1. nave of a wheel

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πλήμνη; τῆς πλήμνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλήμνη hē plḗmnē	τὼ πλήμνᾱ tṑ plḗmnā	αἱ πλῆμναι hai plêmnai
Genitive	τῆς πλήμνης tês plḗmnēs	τοῖν πλήμναιν toîn plḗmnain	τῶν πλημνῶν tôn plēmnôn
Dative	τῇ πλήμνῃ têi plḗmnēi	τοῖν πλήμναιν toîn plḗmnain	ταῖς πλήμναις taîs plḗmnais
Accusative	τὴν πλήμνην tḕn plḗmnēn	τὼ πλήμνᾱ tṑ plḗmnā	τᾱ̀ς πλήμνᾱς tā̀s plḗmnās
Vocative	πλήμνη plḗmnē	πλήμνᾱ plḗmnā	πλῆμναι plêmnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλημνόδετον (plēmnódeton)

Descendants

• Greek: πλήμνη (plímni)

References

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλήμνη (plḗmnē).

Noun

πλήμνη • (plímni) f

1. hub (of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of πλήμνη

	singular	plural
nominative	πλήμνη •	πλήμνες •
genitive	πλήμνης •	πλημνών •
accusative	πλήμνη •	πλήμνες •
vocative	πλήμνη •	πλήμνες •

Synonyms

• αφαλός m (afalós) (the more common term)