γλήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γλήνα (glḗna) — Doric
γλήν (glḗn)
γλῆνος (glênos)

Etymology

Has been connected with Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining”), but Beekes finds this comparison uncertain. It has also been compared with γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm weather”) and γλαινοί (glainoí, “ornaments of head-bands”). If this hypothesis be true, then the word would be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle̝.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ni/

Noun

γλήνη • (glḗnē) f (genitive γλήνης); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλήνη; τῆς γλήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλήνη hē glḗnē	τὼ γλήνᾱ tṑ glḗnā	αἱ γλῆναι hai glênai
Genitive	τῆς γλήνης tês glḗnēs	τοῖν γλήναιν toîn glḗnain	τῶν γληνῶν tôn glēnôn
Dative	τῇ γλήνῃ tēî glḗnēi	τοῖν γλήναιν toîn glḗnain	ταῖς γλήναις taîs glḗnais
Accusative	τὴν γλήνην tḕn glḗnēn	τὼ γλήνᾱ tṑ glḗnā	τᾱ̀ς γλήνᾱς tā̀s glḗnās
Vocative	γλήνη glḗnē	γλήνᾱ glḗnā	γλῆναι glênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γλήνεα (glḗnea)
γληνίς (glēnís)
τρίγληνος (tríglēnos)

Descendants

Translingual: ⇒ Euglena, → Glena, ⇒ Octoglena

References

“γλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γλήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γλήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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