Θεράπναι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θερᾰ́πνη (Therápnē)
• Σερᾰ́πνᾱ (Serápnā) — Laconian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.rá.pnai̯/ → /θeˈra.pnɛ/ → /θeˈra.pne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.rá.pnai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈra.pnɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pnɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈra.pne/

Proper noun

Θερᾰ́πναι • (Therápnai) f pl (genitive Θερᾰπνῶν); first declension

1. Therapne, Therapnae, Therapnes (a city in Laconia, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Θερᾰ́πναι; τῶν Θερᾰπνῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Θερᾰ́πναι hai Therápnai
Genitive	τῶν Θερᾰπνῶν tôn Therapnôn
Dative	ταῖς Θερᾰ́πναις taîs Therápnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Θερᾰ́πνᾱς tā̀s Therápnās
Vocative	Θερᾰ́πναι Therápnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεράπνες (Therápnes)
• Latin: Therapnae

References

• “θεράπνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027