αλώνι

From Byzantine Greek ἁλώνιν (halṓnin), from Koine Greek ἁλώνιον (halṓnion), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs). Doublet of άλως (álos).

• IPA^(key): /aˈloni/
• Hyphenation: α‧λώ‧νι

αλώνι • (alóni) n (plural αλώνια)

1. (agriculture) threshing floor (floor where grain is threshed)
2. (by extension) threshing

• see: αλωνίζω (alonízo, “to thresh”)
• χέστηκε η φοράδα στ’ αλώνι (chéstike i foráda st’ alóni) (vulgar, colloquial, proverb)