ταινία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“stretch”), the same root underlying τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”), though the phonological and morphological details are rather unclear. The missing link may be a noun like *ταῖνα (*taîna) or *ταινά (*tainá). The formation of the word is comparable to that of κειρία (keiría, “band, tapeworm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tai̯.ní.aː/ → /tɛˈni.a/ → /teˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tai̯.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tɛˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tɛˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /teˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /teˈni.a/

Noun

ταινῐ́ᾱ • (tainíā) f (genitive ταινῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. band, fillet, headband worn in sign of victory
2. breastband worn by young girls
3. ribbon, tape, band
4. strip in fur
5. pennon of a ship
6. strip or tongue of land
7. (in joiner's work) fillet, fascia
8. tapeworm, taenia

   Synonym: κειρία (keiría)

9. kind of long, thin fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ hē tainíā	τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ tṑ tainíā	αἱ ταινῐ́αι hai tainíai
Genitive	τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς tês tainíās	τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν toîn tainíain	τῶν ταινῐῶν tôn tainiôn
Dative	τῇ ταινῐ́ᾳ têi tainíāi	τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν toîn tainíain	ταῖς ταινῐ́αις taîs tainíais
Accusative	τὴν ταινῐ́ᾱν tḕn tainíān	τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ tṑ tainíā	τᾱ̀ς ταινῐ́ᾱς tā̀s tainíās
Vocative	ταινῐ́ᾱ tainíā	ταινῐ́ᾱ tainíā	ταινῐ́αι tainíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ταινιάζω (tainiázō)
• ταινίδιον (tainídion)
• ταινιοειδής (tainioeidḗs)
• ταινίον (tainíon)
• ταινιόπωλις (tainiópōlis)
• ταινιόω (tainióō)
• ταινιώδης (tainiṓdēs)
• ταινιωτικός (tainiōtikós)
• ὑποταίνιος (hupotaínios)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ταινία (tainía)
• → Latin: taenia
• → Translingual: Taenia

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía).

Noun

ταινία • (tainía) f (plural ταινίες)

1. film (UK), movie (US)

   Εκείνη η ταινία ακόμα δεν παίζεται στα σινεμά.

   Ekeíni i tainía akóma den paízetai sta sinemá.

   That film/movie is not yet showing in theaters.

2. ribbon, tape, band
3. tape measure
4. streak
5. tapeworm

Declension

Declension of ταινία

	singular	plural
nominative	ταινία •	ταινίες •
genitive	ταινίας •	ταινιών •
accusative	ταινία •	ταινίες •
vocative	ταινία •	ταινίες •

Synonyms

• (film): φιλμ n (film)

Related terms

• ταινιογραφία f (tainiografía, “filmοgraphy”)