φάτνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάθνη (páthnē)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”), the same root of Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati) and Proto-Germanic *bindaną. The same suffix is recognized in Gaulish benna and Welsh benn (“cart”). However, Beekes finds this theory improbable and suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰá.tnɛː/ → /ˈɸa.tni/ → /ˈfa.tni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰá.tnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.tne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.tni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tni/

Noun

φάτνη • (phátnē) f (genitive φάτνης); first declension

1. manger, crib

   Synonym: κάπη (kápē)

2. (anatomy) socket of tooth
3. (astronomy) Beehive Cluster

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φάτνη; τῆς φάτνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φάτνη hē phátnē	τὼ φάτνᾱ tṑ phátnā	αἱ φάτναι hai phátnai
Genitive	τῆς φάτνης tês phátnēs	τοῖν φάτναιν toîn phátnain	τῶν φατνῶν tôn phatnôn
Dative	τῇ φάτνῃ têi phátnēi	τοῖν φάτναιν toîn phátnain	ταῖς φάτναις taîs phátnais
Accusative	τὴν φάτνην tḕn phátnēn	τὼ φάτνᾱ tṑ phátnā	τᾱ̀ς φάτνᾱς tā̀s phátnās
Vocative	φάτνη phátnē	φάτνᾱ phátnā	φάτναι phátnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελισσοφάτνη (melissophátnē)
• φατνεύω (phatneúō)
• φατνίζομαι (phatnízomai)
• φατνίον (phatníon)
• φάτνιος (phátnios)
• φατνόω (phatnóō)
• φάτνωμα (phátnōma)
• φάτνωσις (phátnōsis)
• φατνωτός (phatnōtós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: φάτνη (fátni)

References

• “φάτνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φάτνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φάτνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φάτνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάτνη (phátnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfatni/
• Hyphenation: φάτ‧νη
• Old Hyphenation: φά‧τνη

Noun

φάτνη • (fátni) f (plural φάτνες)

1. (Christianity) a nativity scene tableau or its crib; crèche
2. (agriculture, formal, literary) manger, crib

Declension

Declension of φάτνη

	singular	plural
nominative	φάτνη •	φάτνες •
genitive	φάτνης •	φατνών •
accusative	φάτνη •	φάτνες •
vocative	φάτνη •	φάτνες •

Synonyms

• (manger): παχνί n (pachní) (colloquial)

Further reading

• Φάτνη της Γεννήσεως on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el