φορίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πυρίνη (purínē)

Etymology

Without cognates neither in Greek nor in other languages. A remote similarity is shown by Old Norse bǫrkr (“bark of a tree”) and German Borke (“bark”). Yet, the variant πυρίνη (purínē) shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰo.rǐː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈri.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈri.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈri.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈri.ni/

Noun

φορῑ́νη • (phorī́nē) f (genitive φορῑ́νης); first declension

hide of thick-skinned animals, especially of swine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φορῑ́νη; τῆς φορῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φορῑ́νη hē phorī́nē	τὼ φορῑ́νᾱ tṑ phorī́nā	αἱ φορῖναι hai phorînai
Genitive	τῆς φορῑ́νης tês phorī́nēs	τοῖν φορῑ́ναιν toîn phorī́nain	τῶν φορῑνῶν tôn phorīnôn
Dative	τῇ φορῑ́νῃ têi phorī́nēi	τοῖν φορῑ́ναιν toîn phorī́nain	ταῖς φορῑ́ναις taîs phorī́nais
Accusative	τὴν φορῑ́νην tḕn phorī́nēn	τὼ φορῑ́νᾱ tṑ phorī́nā	τᾱ̀ς φορῑ́νᾱς tā̀s phorī́nās
Vocative	φορῑ́νη phorī́nē	φορῑ́νᾱ phorī́nā	φορῖναι phorînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“φορίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φορίνη 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