ἀθραγένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Frisk compares ἄθρας (áthras, “chariot”), but it is semantically untenable. Furnée compares ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē, “purslane”) and concludes to a Pre-Greek origin, which is sustained also by Beekes due to the presence of prenasalization.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰra.ɡé.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰraˈɡe.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/

Noun

ἀθρᾰ́γένη • (athrágénē) f (genitive ἀθρᾰ́γένης); first declension

traveller's joy, smokewood (Clematis vitalba)
Synonym: κλημᾰτῐ́ς (klēmatís)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθρᾰγένη; τῆς ἀθρᾰγένης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθρᾰγένη hē athragénē	τὼ ἀθρᾰγένᾱ tṑ athragénā	αἱ ἀθρᾰ́γεναι hai athrágenai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθρᾰγένης tês athragénēs	τοῖν ἀθρᾰγέναιν toîn athragénain	τῶν ἀθρᾰγενῶν tôn athragenôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθρᾰγένῃ têi athragénēi	τοῖν ἀθρᾰγέναιν toîn athragénain	ταῖς ἀθρᾰγέναις taîs athragénais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθρᾰγένην tḕn athragénēn	τὼ ἀθρᾰγένᾱ tṑ athragénā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθρᾰγένᾱς tā̀s athragénās
Vocative	ἀθρᾰγένη athragénē	ἀθρᾰγένᾱ athragénā	ἀθρᾰ́γεναι athrágenai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀθραγένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀθραγένη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀθραγένη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀθραγένη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29