θοίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θοίνα (thoína) — Doric

Etymology

According to Beekes, possibly from the same Pre-Greek root of θώς (thṓs, “jackal”) and θῶσθαι (thôsthai, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰǒi̯.nɛː/ → /ˈθy.ni/ → /ˈθi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰǒi̯.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ni/

Noun

θοίνη • (thoínē) f (genitive θοίνης); first declension

1. meal, feast, banquet
2. food

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θοίνη; τῆς θοίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θοίνη hē thoínē	τὼ θοίνᾱ tṑ thoínā	αἱ θοῖναι hai thoînai
Genitive	τῆς θοίνης tês thoínēs	τοῖν θοίναιν toîn thoínain	τῶν θοινῶν tôn thoinôn
Dative	τῇ θοίνῃ têi thoínēi	τοῖν θοίναιν toîn thoínain	ταῖς θοίναις taîs thoínais
Accusative	τὴν θοίνην tḕn thoínēn	τὼ θοίνᾱ tṑ thoínā	τᾱ̀ς θοίνᾱς tā̀s thoínās
Vocative	θοίνη thoínē	θοίνᾱ thoínā	θοῖναι thoînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θοινάζω (thoinázō)
• θοίναμα (thoínama)
• θοινάομαι (thoináomai)
• θοινατήρ (thoinatḗr)
• θοινατικός (thoinatikós)
• θοινάτωρ (thoinátōr)
• θοινάω (thoináō)

 

Further reading

• “θοίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θοίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θοίνη 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