ἄρμενον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, "what has been fitted out", "equipment", a substantivization from ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together; equip”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.me.non/ → /ˈar.me.non/ → /ˈar.me.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.me.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.me.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.me.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.me.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.me.non/

Noun

ἄρμενον • (ármenon) n (genitive ἀρμένου); second declension

1. (in the plural) tackle of a ship, sails
2. implement, instrument, tool, equipment
3. food, nourishment

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄρμενον; τοῦ ἀρμένου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄρμενον tò ármenon	τὼ ἀρμένω tṑ arménō	τᾰ̀ ἄρμενᾰ tà ármena
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρμένου toû arménou	τοῖν ἀρμένοιν toîn arménoin	τῶν ἀρμένων tôn arménōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρμένῳ tôi arménōi	τοῖν ἀρμένοιν toîn arménoin	τοῖς ἀρμένοις toîs arménois
Accusative	τὸ ἄρμενον tò ármenon	τὼ ἀρμένω tṑ arménō	τᾰ̀ ἄρμενᾰ tà ármena
Vocative	ἄρμενον ármenon	ἀρμένω arménō	ἄρμενᾰ ármena
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρμενίζω (armenízō)
• ἀρμενοθήκη (armenothḗkē)
• ἀρμενοποιέω (armenopoiéō)
• ἀρμενοφόρος (armenophóros)
• λινάρμενον (linármenon)

 

Further reading

• “ἄρμενον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄρμενον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄρμενον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρμενον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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