θέναρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“flat of the hand, palm”). Compare Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhanvan) and Old High German tenar.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θένᾰρ • (thénăr) n (genitive θένᾰρος); third declension

  1. the palm of the hand
  2. the sole of the foot
  3. the flat top of an altar

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θένᾰρ; τοῦ θένᾰρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ θένᾰρ
tò thénăr 		τὼ θένᾰρε
tṑ thénăre 		τᾰ̀ θένᾰρᾰ
tằ thénără
Genitive τοῦ θένᾰρος
toû thénăros 		τοῖν θενᾰ́ροιν
toîn thenắroin 		τῶν θενᾰ́ρων
tôn thenắrōn
Dative τῷ θένᾰρῐ
tōî thénărĭ 		τοῖν θενᾰ́ροιν
toîn thenắroin 		τοῖς θένᾰρσῐ / θένᾰρσῐν
toîs thénărsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ θένᾰρ
tò thénăr 		τὼ θένᾰρε
tṑ thénăre 		τᾰ̀ θένᾰρᾰ
tằ thénără
Vocative θένᾰρ
thénăr 		θένᾰρε
thénăre 		θένᾰρᾰ
thénără
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: thenar (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θέναρ, -αρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

Further reading

  • “θέναρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “θέναρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “θέναρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θέναρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θέναρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “θέναρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • palm idem, page 590.
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