πλεκτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλεκτός (plektós, “plaited, twisted”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plek.tá.nɛː/ → /plekˈta.ni/ → /plekˈta.ni/

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

Noun

πλεκτᾰ́νη • (plektắnē) f (genitive πλεκτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath
2. (in the plural) arms of the octopus, tentacles
3. (in the plural) antennae of the shrimp
4. (in the plural) meshes of a spiderweb
5. (pathology) mastoid growth in the uterus
6. (anatomy) Fallopian tubes
7. (anatomy) plexus of veins

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη; τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη hē plektắnē	τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektắnā	αἱ πλεκτᾰ́ναι hai plektắnai
Genitive	τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης tês plektắnēs	τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektắnain	τῶν πλεκτᾰνῶν tôn plektănôn
Dative	τῇ πλεκτᾰ́νῃ tēî plektắnēi	τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektắnain	ταῖς πλεκτᾰ́ναις taîs plektắnais
Accusative	τὴν πλεκτᾰ́νην tḕn plektắnēn	τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektắnā	τᾱ̀ς πλεκτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s plektắnās
Vocative	πλεκτᾰ́νη plektắnē	πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ plektắnā	πλεκτᾰ́ναι plektắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλεκτᾰ́νῐον (plektắnĭon)
• πλεκτᾰνόομαι (plektănóomai)
• πλεκτᾰνόστολος (plektănóstolos)
• πλεκτᾰνώδης (plektănṓdēs)

Descendants

• Greek: πλεκτάνη (plektáni)

Further reading

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