Κατάνη

See also: κατάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Sicel origin, from katane (“grater”). See κατάνη (katánē, “grater”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tá.nɛː/ → /kaˈta.ni/ → /kaˈta.ni/

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

Proper noun

Κᾰτᾰ́νη • (Katánē) f (genitive Κᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. Catana, Catania (a city on the east coast of Sicily)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κᾰτᾰ́νη; τῆς Κᾰτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κᾰτᾰ́νη hē Katánē
Genitive	τῆς Κᾰτᾰ́νης tês Katánēs
Dative	τῇ Κᾰτᾰ́νῃ têi Katánēi
Accusative	τὴν Κᾰτᾰ́νην tḕn Katánēn
Vocative	Κᾰτᾰ́νη Katánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κᾰτᾰναῖος (Katanaîos)

Descendants

• Latin: Catana; Catina

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005