γλῆνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek root of γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball; doll”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡlɛ̂ː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡle̝.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣli.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣli.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣli.nos/
Noun
γλῆνος • (glênos) n (genitive γλήνεος); third declension
- (in the plural) gaudy things, costume jewelry, trinkets
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γλῆνος tò glênos |
τὼ γλήνεε tṑ glḗnee |
τᾰ̀ γλήνεᾰ tằ glḗneă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γλήνεος toû glḗneos |
τοῖν γληνέοιν toîn glēnéoin |
τῶν γληνέων tôn glēnéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γλήνεῐ̈ tōî glḗneĭ̈ |
τοῖν γληνέοιν toîn glēnéoin |
τοῖς γλήνεσῐ / γλήνεσῐν toîs glḗnesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γλῆνος tò glênos |
τὼ γλήνεε tṑ glḗnee |
τᾰ̀ γλήνεᾰ tằ glḗneă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γλῆνος glênos |
γλήνεε glḗnee |
γλήνεᾰ glḗneă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γλῆνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γλῆνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλῆνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γλῆνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)