πατάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πατάνᾱ (patánā) — Doric
πάτανον (pátanon)

Etymology

Probably a Pre-Greek word, as per Furnée, who connects πέταχνον (pétakhnon, “broad flat cup”); also compare the suffix of λεκάνη (lekánē, “dish, pot”) and οὐράνη (ouránē, “chamber-pot”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.tá.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ni/

Noun

πᾰτᾰ́νη • (patánē) f (genitive πᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

kind of flat dish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰτᾰ́νη; τῆς πᾰτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰτᾰ́νη hē patánē	τὼ πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ patánā	αἱ πᾰτᾰ́ναι hai patánai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰτᾰ́νης tês patánēs	τοῖν πᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn patánain	τῶν πᾰτᾰνῶν tôn patanôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰτᾰ́νῃ têi patánēi	τοῖν πᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn patánain	ταῖς πᾰτᾰ́ναις taîs patánais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰτᾰ́νην tḕn patánēn	τὼ πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ patánā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s patánās
Vocative	πᾰτᾰ́νη patánē	πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ patánā	πᾰτᾰ́ναι patánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πατάνεψις (patánepsis)
πατάνιον (patánion)
Πατανίων (Pataníōn)

Descendants

→ Andalusian Arabic: بَطَانَة (baṭāna), پَطَانَة (paṭāna, “dishware or other large thing of little value”)
- ⇒? Andalusian Arabic: الْمَاطَنَة (al-māṭana, “sledgehammer”)
  - → Aragonese: almadena, almadana
  - → Navarran: almadena
  - → Spanish: almádena, almádana, almádina; almáina, almaina (Granada, Murcia)
→ Latin: patina (see there for further descendants)