μεμβράνα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μέμβρανον (mémbranon)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin membrana (“membrane; parchment”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mem.brá.naː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /memˈbra.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /memˈbra.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /memˈbra.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /memˈbra.na/
Noun
μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ • (membrắnā) f (genitive μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ hē membrắnā |
τὼ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ tṑ membrắnā |
αἱ μεμβρᾰ́ναι hai membrắnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς tês membrắnās |
τοῖν μεμβρᾰ́ναιν toîn membrắnain |
τῶν μεμβρᾰνῶν tôn membrănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μεμβρᾰ́νᾳ tēî membrắnāi |
τοῖν μεμβρᾰ́ναιν toîn membrắnain |
ταῖς μεμβρᾰ́ναις taîs membrắnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μεμβρᾰ́νᾱν tḕn membrắnān |
τὼ μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ tṑ membrắnā |
τᾱ̀ς μεμβρᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s membrắnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ membrắnā |
μεμβρᾰ́νᾱ membrắnā |
μεμβρᾰ́ναι membrắnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μεμβράϊνος (membráïnos)
Descendants
Further reading
- “μεμβράνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μεμβράνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette