lagoena
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lagoena (plural lagoenae)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- lagōna (Classical Latin, Cicero)
- lagēna (Classical Latin)
- lagūna (Classical Latin)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάγῡνος (lágūnos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈɡoe̯.na/, [ɫ̪äˈɡoe̯nä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈd͡ʒe.na/, [läˈd͡ʒɛːnä]
Noun edit
lagoena f (genitive lagoenae); first declension
- lagoena (type of narrow-necked vessel)
Usage notes edit
- The word was highly variable in the Classical period, with several forms persisting in common use for centuries. Many dictionaries published since the 20th century pick lagoena as the headword, but in the second edition of the Oxford Latin Dictionary, the headword is lagōna.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lagoena | lagoenae |
Genitive | lagoenae | lagoenārum |
Dative | lagoenae | lagoenīs |
Accusative | lagoenam | lagoenās |
Ablative | lagoenā | lagoenīs |
Vocative | lagoena | lagoenae |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “lagōna” on page 1098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “lagoena” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- lagoena - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Further reading edit
- “lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lagoena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.