μεμβράνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μέμβρανον (mémbranon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin membrana (“membrane; parchment”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mem.brá.naː/ → /memˈbra.na/ → /memˈbra.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mem.brá.naː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.na/

Noun

μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ • (membránā) f (genitive μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς); first declension

1. membrana, parchment

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ; τῆς μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ hē membránā	τὼ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ tṑ membránā	αἱ μεμβρᾰ́ναι hai membránai
Genitive	τῆς μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς tês membránās	τοῖν μεμβρᾰ́ναιν toîn membránain	τῶν μεμβρᾰνῶν tôn membranôn
Dative	τῇ μεμβρᾰ́νᾳ têi membránāi	τοῖν μεμβρᾰ́ναιν toîn membránain	ταῖς μεμβρᾰ́ναις taîs membránais
Accusative	τὴν μεμβρᾰ́νᾱν tḕn membránān	τὼ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ tṑ membránā	τᾱ̀ς μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s membránās
Vocative	μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ membránā	μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ membránā	μεμβρᾰ́ναι membránai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μεμβράϊνος (membráïnos)

Descendants

• →? Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 (maimbrana) (possibly directly from Latin)

Further reading

• “μεμβράνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μεμβράνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette