βυκάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būcina.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /byː.ká.nɛː/ → /βyˈka.ni/ → /viˈka.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /byː.ká.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈka.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈka.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈka.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈka.ni/

Noun

βῡκᾰ́νη • (būkánē) f (genitive βῡκᾰ́νης); first declension

1. spiral trumpet, horn

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῡκᾰ́νη; τῆς βῡκᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῡκᾰ́νη hē būkánē	τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkánā	αἱ βῡκᾰ́ναι hai būkánai
Genitive	τῆς βῡκᾰ́νης tês būkánēs	τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkánain	τῶν βῡκᾰνῶν tôn būkanôn
Dative	τῇ βῡκᾰ́νῃ têi būkánēi	τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkánain	ταῖς βῡκᾰ́ναις taîs būkánais
Accusative	τὴν βῡκᾰ́νην tḕn būkánēn	τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkánā	τᾱ̀ς βῡκᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s būkánās
Vocative	βῡκᾰ́νη būkánē	βῡκᾰ́νᾱ būkánā	βῡκᾰ́ναι būkánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βῡκᾰνᾰ́ω (būkanáō)
• βῡκᾰ́νημᾰ (būkánēma)
• βῡκᾰνητής (būkanētḗs)
• βῡκᾰνῐσμός (būkanismós)
• βῡκᾰνῐστής (būkanistḗs)

 

Further reading

• “βυκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βυκάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βυκάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βυκάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248