ὀθόνη
See also: οθόνη
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editA culture word of foreign (substrate) origin. According to Lewy, it is from Hebrew אֵטוּן (ʾēṭūn, “fine linen”), itself from Egyptian jdmj (“fine red linen”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.tʰó.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈtʰo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈθo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈθo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈθo.ni/
Noun
editὀθόνη • (othónē) f (genitive ὀθόνης); first declension
- fine linen cloth
- sailcloth, sail
- (in the plural) (anatomy) membranes that enclose the pupil of the eye
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀθόνη hē othónē |
τὼ ὀθόνᾱ tṑ othónā |
αἱ ὀθόναι hai othónai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀθόνης tês othónēs |
τοῖν ὀθόναιν toîn othónain |
τῶν ὀθονῶν tôn othonôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀθόνῃ têi othónēi |
τοῖν ὀθόναιν toîn othónain |
ταῖς ὀθόναις taîs othónais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀθόνην tḕn othónēn |
τὼ ὀθόνᾱ tṑ othónā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀθόνᾱς tā̀s othónās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀθόνη othónē |
ὀθόνᾱ othónā |
ὀθόναι othónai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ὀθονείδιον (othoneídion)
- ὀθονιακός (othoniakós)
- ὀθονιηρά (othoniērá)
- ὀθόνινος (othóninos)
- ὀθόνιον (othónion)
- ὀθονιοπλόκος (othonioplókos)
- ὀθονιοποιός (othoniopoiós)
- ὀθονιοπώλης (othoniopṓlēs)
Descendants
edit- Greek: οθόνη (othóni)
Further reading
edit- “ὀθόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀθόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὀθόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀθόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀθόνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
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