ὠλένη

See also: ωλένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₃l(e)n-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-. Cognates include Sanskrit अरत्नि (aratní), Latin ulna, Old Armenian ողն (ołn), ուլն (uln), Albanian llërë and Old English elnboga (English elbow). This reconstruction however remains uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὠλένη • (ōlénē) f (genitive ὠλένης); first declension

  1. (anatomy) elbow, lower arm
    Synonym: ἀγκών (ankṓn)
  2. mat, mattress (=Latin torus)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ωλένη (oléni)

References

  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 23

Further reading

  • ὠλένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὠλένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὠλένη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • arm idem, page 40.
  • 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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