γλήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining”), but Beekes finds this comparison uncertain. It has also been compared with γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm weather”) and γλαινοί (glainoí, “ornaments of head-bands”). If this hypothesis be true, then the word would be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈɣli.ni/ → /ˈɣli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/

Noun

γλήνη • (glḗnē) f (genitive γλήνης); first declension

1. (anatomy) eyeball
2. doll, plaything
3. socket of a joint
4. honeycomb

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλήνη; τῆς γλήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλήνη hē glḗnē	τὼ γλήνᾱ tṑ glḗnā	αἱ γλῆναι hai glênai
Genitive	τῆς γλήνης tês glḗnēs	τοῖν γλήναιν toîn glḗnain	τῶν γληνῶν tôn glēnôn
Dative	τῇ γλήνῃ têi glḗnēi	τοῖν γλήναιν toîn glḗnain	ταῖς γλήναις taîs glḗnais
Accusative	τὴν γλήνην tḕn glḗnēn	τὼ γλήνᾱ tṑ glḗnā	τᾱ̀ς γλήνᾱς tā̀s glḗnās
Vocative	γλήνη glḗnē	γλήνᾱ glḗnā	γλῆναι glênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γλήνεα (glḗnea)
• γληνίς (glēnís)
• τρίγληνος (tríglēnos)

 

Descendants

• Translingual: Euglena, Glena

References

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