ποίμνη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From the root of ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”) + -η (-ē), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pǒi̯m.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpym.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpym.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpym.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpim.ni/
Noun edit
ποίμνη • (poímnē) f (genitive ποίμνης); first declension
- flock
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.126:
- ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τά τε αἰπόλια καὶ τὰς ποίμνας καὶ τὰ βουκόλια ὁ Κῦρος πάντα τοῦ πατρὸς συναλίσας
- en dè toútōi tá te aipólia kaì tàs poímnas kaì tà boukólia ho Kûros pánta toû patròs sunalísas
- 1920 translation
- Meanwhile, collecting his father's goats and sheep and oxen
- ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τά τε αἰπόλια καὶ τὰς ποίμνας καὶ τὰ βουκόλια ὁ Κῦρος πάντα τοῦ πατρὸς συναλίσας
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ποίμνη hē poímnē |
τὼ ποίμνᾱ tṑ poímnā |
αἱ ποῖμναι hai poîmnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ποίμνης tês poímnēs |
τοῖν ποίμναιν toîn poímnain |
τῶν ποιμνῶν tôn poimnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ποίμνῃ têi poímnēi |
τοῖν ποίμναιν toîn poímnain |
ταῖς ποίμναις taîs poímnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ποίμνην tḕn poímnēn |
τὼ ποίμνᾱ tṑ poímnā |
τᾱ̀ς ποίμνᾱς tā̀s poímnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποίμνη poímnē |
ποίμνᾱ poímnā |
ποῖμναι poîmnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ποίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ποίμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ποίμνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers