βυκάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /byː.ká.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /byˈka.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βyˈka.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vyˈka.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈka.ni/
Noun
βῡκᾰ́νη • (būkắnē) f (genitive βῡκᾰ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βῡκᾰ́νη hē būkắnē |
τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkắnā |
αἱ βῡκᾰ́ναι hai būkắnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βῡκᾰ́νης tês būkắnēs |
τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkắnain |
τῶν βῡκᾰνῶν tôn būkănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βῡκᾰ́νῃ tēî būkắnēi |
τοῖν βῡκᾰ́ναιν toîn būkắnain |
ταῖς βῡκᾰ́ναις taîs būkắnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βῡκᾰ́νην tḕn būkắnēn |
τὼ βῡκᾰ́νᾱ tṑ būkắnā |
τᾱ̀ς βῡκᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s būkắnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βῡκᾰ́νη būkắnē |
βῡκᾰ́νᾱ būkắnā |
βῡκᾰ́ναι būkắnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βῡκᾰνᾰ́ω (būkănắō)
- βῡκᾰ́νημᾰ (būkắnēmă)
- βῡκᾰνητής (būkănētḗs)
- βῡκᾰνῐσμός (būkănĭsmós)
- βῡκᾰνῐστής (būkănĭstḗs)
Further reading
- “βυκάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βυκάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βυκάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βυκάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248