ὄμπνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄμπη (ómpē)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-, like Sanskrit अप्नस् (apnas, “property, possession”), Proto-Germanic *aflą (“power, strength”) and Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫa-a-ap-pár). However, Furnée links this word with ὀμφύνειν (omphúnein, “to strengthen, respect, honor”), suggesting a by-form "ὀμφυν-" and thus a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /óm.pnɛː/ → /ˈom.pni/ → /ˈom.bni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /óm.pnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈom.pne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈom.pni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈom.pni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈom.bni/

Noun

ὄμπνη • (ómpnē) n (genitive ὄμπνης); second declension

1. nourishment
2. wheat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὄμπνη; τῆς ὄμπνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄμπνη hē ómpnē	τὼ ὄμπνᾱ tṑ ómpnā	αἱ ὄμπναι hai ómpnai
Genitive	τῆς ὄμπνης tês ómpnēs	τοῖν ὄμπναιν toîn ómpnain	τῶν ὀμπνῶν tôn ompnôn
Dative	τῇ ὄμπνῃ têi ómpnēi	τοῖν ὄμπναιν toîn ómpnain	ταῖς ὄμπναις taîs ómpnais
Accusative	τὴν ὄμπνην tḕn ómpnēn	τὼ ὄμπνᾱ tṑ ómpnā	τᾱ̀ς ὄμπνᾱς tā̀s ómpnās
Vocative	ὄμπνη ómpnē	ὄμπνᾱ ómpnā	ὄμπναι ómpnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὄμπνειος (ómpneios)
• ὀμπνηρόν (ompnērón)
• ὀμπνιακός (ompniakós)
• ὄμπνιος (ómpnios)
• ὀμπνιόχειρ (ompniókheir)

Further reading

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