πῆνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Latin pannus (“cloth”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana, “piece of cloth”), Old English fana (“flag”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈpi.nos/ → /ˈpi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̝.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.nos/

Noun

πῆνος • (pênos) m (genitive πήνου); second declension

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   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῆνος; τοῦ πήνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῆνος ho pênos	τὼ πήνω tṑ pḗnō	οἱ πῆνοι hoi pênoi
Genitive	τοῦ πήνου toû pḗnou	τοῖν πήνοιν toîn pḗnoin	τῶν πήνων tôn pḗnōn
Dative	τῷ πήνῳ tôi pḗnōi	τοῖν πήνοιν toîn pḗnoin	τοῖς πήνοις toîs pḗnois
Accusative	τὸν πῆνον tòn pênon	τὼ πήνω tṑ pḗnō	τοὺς πήνους toùs pḗnous
Vocative	πῆνε pêne	πήνω pḗnō	πῆνοι pênoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πήνη (pḗnē)

Further reading

• “πῆνος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “πῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press