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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tʰra.ɡé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.tʰraˈɡe.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.θraˈʝe.ni/
- (15th 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
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “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
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