σαγήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἁγάνα (hagána)

Etymology

Has been connected with Ancient Greek σάττω (sáttō, “to stuff, to press”) but this is semantically insufficient. Because of the Cypriot byform and the connection with σάγουρον (ságouron, “net”), Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin. Salonen and Szemerényi derive from Akkadian 𒅆𒆥𒉡 (ši-kin-nu /⁠šikinnu⁠/, “a vessel for oils, ointments, and wine; a large fishing net”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /saˈʝi.ni/ → /saˈʝi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈɡe̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi.ni/

Noun

σᾰγήνη • (sagḗnē) f (genitive σᾰγήνης); first declension

1. large dragnet, seine
2. hunting net

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰγήνη; τῆς σᾰγήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰγήνη hē sagḗnē	τὼ σᾰγήνᾱ tṑ sagḗnā	αἱ σᾰγῆναι hai sagênai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰγήνης tês sagḗnēs	τοῖν σᾰγήναιν toîn sagḗnain	τῶν σᾰγηνῶν tôn sagēnôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰγήνῃ têi sagḗnēi	τοῖν σᾰγήναιν toîn sagḗnain	ταῖς σᾰγήναις taîs sagḗnais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰγήνην tḕn sagḗnēn	τὼ σᾰγήνᾱ tṑ sagḗnā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰγήνᾱς tā̀s sagḗnās
Vocative	σᾰγήνη sagḗnē	σᾰγήνᾱ sagḗnā	σᾰγῆναι sagênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαγηναῖος (sagēnaîos)
• σαγηνεύς (sagēneús)
• σαγηνεύω (sagēneúō)
• σαγηνοβόλος (sagēnobólos)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: sagēna (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “σαγήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαγήνη 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
• Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies‎^[1], volume 94, →DOI, page 149