βελόνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βέλος (bélos, “arrow, dart”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /be.ló.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /beˈlo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βeˈlo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /veˈlo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /veˈlo.ni/
Noun
βελόνη • (belónē) f (genitive βελόνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βελόνη hē belónē |
τὼ βελόνᾱ tṑ belónā |
αἱ βελόναι hai belónai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βελόνης tês belónēs |
τοῖν βελόναιν toîn belónain |
τῶν βελονῶν tôn belonôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βελόνῃ tēî belónēi |
τοῖν βελόναιν toîn belónain |
ταῖς βελόναις taîs belónais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βελόνην tḕn belónēn |
τὼ βελόνᾱ tṑ belónā |
τᾱ̀ς βελόνᾱς tā̀s belónās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βελόνη belónē |
βελόνᾱ belónā |
βελόναι belónai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “βελόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βελόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βελόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βελόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Greek
Noun
βελόνη • (velóni) f (plural βελόνες)
- alternative form of βελόνα (velóna)