πλεκτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, twine”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plek.tá.nɛː/ → /plekˈta.ni/ → /plekˈta.ni/

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

Noun

πλεκτᾰ́νη • (plektánē) f (genitive πλεκτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath
2. (in the plural) arms of the octopus, tentacles
3. (in the plural) antennae of the shrimp
4. (in the plural) meshes of a spiderweb
5. (pathology) mastoid growth in the uterus
6. (anatomy) Fallopian tubes
7. (anatomy) plexus of veins

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη; τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη hē plektánē	τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektánā	αἱ πλεκτᾰ́ναι hai plektánai
Genitive	τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης tês plektánēs	τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektánain	τῶν πλεκτᾰνῶν tôn plektanôn
Dative	τῇ πλεκτᾰ́νῃ têi plektánēi	τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν toîn plektánain	ταῖς πλεκτᾰ́ναις taîs plektánais
Accusative	τὴν πλεκτᾰ́νην tḕn plektánēn	τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ plektánā	τᾱ̀ς πλεκτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s plektánās
Vocative	πλεκτᾰ́νη plektánē	πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ plektánā	πλεκτᾰ́ναι plektánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλεκτᾰ́νῐον (plektánion)
• πλεκτᾰνόομαι (plektanóomai)
• πλεκτᾰνόστολος (plektanóstolos)
• πλεκτᾰνώδης (plektanṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πλεκτάνη (plektáni)

Further reading

• “πλεκτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλεκτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλεκτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette