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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː.lé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈle.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈle.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈle.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈle.ni/
Noun
ὠλένη • (ōlénē) f (genitive ὠλένης); first declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὠλένη hē ōlénē |
τὼ ὠλένᾱ tṑ ōlénā |
αἱ ὠλέναι hai ōlénai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὠλένης tês ōlénēs |
τοῖν ὠλέναιν toîn ōlénain |
τῶν ὠλενῶν tôn ōlenôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὠλένῃ têi ōlénēi |
τοῖν ὠλέναιν toîn ōlénain |
ταῖς ὠλέναις taîs ōlénais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὠλένην tḕn ōlénēn |
τὼ ὠλένᾱ tṑ ōlénā |
τᾱ̀ς ὠλένᾱς tā̀s ōlénās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὠλένη ōlénē |
ὠλένᾱ ōlénā |
ὠλέναι ōlénai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὠλέκρᾱνον (ōlékrānon)
Descendants
- Greek: ωλένη (oléni)
References
- 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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