λεκάνη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From λέκος (lékos, “dish, pot, pan”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, suffix for utensil names), alleged to be from Pre-Greek, however see λᾰ́γῡνος/λᾰ́γῠνος (lágūnos/lágunos, “flask”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /le.ká.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leˈka.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leˈka.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈka.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈka.ni/
Noun edit
λεκᾰ́νη • (lekánē) f (genitive λεκᾰ́νης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λεκᾰ́νη hē lekánē |
τὼ λεκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lekánā |
αἱ λεκᾰ́ναι hai lekánai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λεκᾰ́νης tês lekánēs |
τοῖν λεκᾰ́ναιν toîn lekánain |
τῶν λεκᾰνῶν tôn lekanôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λεκᾰ́νῃ têi lekánēi |
τοῖν λεκᾰ́ναιν toîn lekánain |
ταῖς λεκᾰ́ναις taîs lekánais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λεκᾰ́νην tḕn lekánēn |
τὼ λεκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lekánā |
τᾱ̀ς λεκᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s lekánās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λεκᾰ́νη lekánē |
λεκᾰ́νᾱ lekánā |
λεκᾰ́ναι lekánai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- λεκάνιον (lekánion)
- λεκανίς (lekanís)
- λεκανίσκη (lekanískē)
- λεκανόμαντις (lekanómantis)
- λεκανόπωλις (lekanópōlis)
- λεκανοσκοπία (lekanoskopía)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “λεκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λεκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λεκάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
λεκάνη • (lekáni) f (plural λεκάνες)
- any large bowl
- washbasin, handbasin, sink
- toilet bowl, toilet pan
- (anatomy) pelvis
- (geography) basin, catchment (An area of water that drains into a river)
Declension edit
declension of λεκάνη
Derived terms edit
- λεκάνη απορροής f (lekáni aporroḯs, “drainage basin”)
See also edit
- αποχωρητήριο m (apochoritírio, “toilet, WC”)
- τουαλέτα f (toualéta, “toilet, WC”)