ἀρπεδόνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀρπεδών (arpedṓn)

Etymology

Unknown. Connection with ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away”) is improbable for a word "cord". Grošelj Živa connects the word with Lithuanian verpti (“to spin”), but the -αρ- must be analogical after -ερ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.pe.dó.nɛː/ → /ar.peˈðo.ni/ → /ar.peˈðo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.pe.dó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈdo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/

Noun

ἀρπεδόνη • (arpedónē) f (genitive ἀρπεδόνης); first declension

1. cord, for binding or snaring game
2. yarn of which cloth is made
3. silkworm's thread

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀρπεδόνη; τῆς ἀρπεδόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρπεδόνη hē arpedónē	τὼ ἀρπεδόνᾱ tṑ arpedónā	αἱ ἀρπεδόναι hai arpedónai
Genitive	τῆς ἀρπεδόνης tês arpedónēs	τοῖν ἀρπεδόναιν toîn arpedónain	τῶν ἀρπεδονῶν tôn arpedonôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρπεδόνῃ têi arpedónēi	τοῖν ἀρπεδόναιν toîn arpedónain	ταῖς ἀρπεδόναις taîs arpedónais
Accusative	τὴν ἀρπεδόνην tḕn arpedónēn	τὼ ἀρπεδόνᾱ tṑ arpedónā	τᾱ̀ς ἀρπεδόνᾱς tā̀s arpedónās
Vocative	ἀρπεδόνη arpedónē	ἀρπεδόνᾱ arpedónā	ἀρπεδόναι arpedónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρπεδονάπται (arpedonáptai)
• ἀρπεδονίζω (arpedonízō)

 

References

• “ἀρπεδόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρπεδόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρπεδόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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