ληνός

See also: λῆνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • λᾱνός (lānós) — Doric

Etymology

Unexplained. Perhaps a technical term of the Pre-Greek substrate.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ληνός • (lēnós) f (genitive ληνοῦ); second declension

  1. anything shaped like a tub or trough
  2. winepress, vat where grapes are pressed
  3. trough, for watering cattle
  4. socket into which the mast fitted
  5. coffin, sarcophagus
  6. (anatomy) torcular Herophili, the confluence of sinuses
  7. lower parts of the nose

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ληνός; τῆς ληνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ληνός
hē lēnós 		τὼ ληνώ
tṑ lēnṓ 		αἱ ληνοί
hai lēnoí
Genitive τῆς ληνοῦ
tês lēnoû 		τοῖν ληνοῖν
toîn lēnoîn 		τῶν ληνῶν
tôn lēnôn
Dative τῇ ληνῷ
tēî lēnōî 		τοῖν ληνοῖν
toîn lēnoîn 		ταῖς ληνοῖς
taîs lēnoîs
Accusative τὴν ληνόν
tḕn lēnón 		τὼ ληνώ
tṑ lēnṓ 		τᾱ̀ς ληνούς
tā̀s lēnoús
Vocative ληνέ
lēné 		ληνώ
lēnṓ 		ληνοί
lēnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄληνος (álēnos)
  • ληνεών (lēneṓn)
  • ληνίδιον (lēnídion)
  • ληνίς (lēnís)
  • ληνοβάτης (lēnobátēs)
  • ληνοπατέω (lēnopatéō)
  • ληνόπιθος (lēnópithos)
  • ληνοποιός (lēnopoiós)
  • ὑπολήνιον (hupolḗnion)

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