πατάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πατάνᾱ (patánā) — Doric
πάτανον (pátanon)

Etymology

Probably a Pre-Greek word, as per Furnée, who connects πέταχνον (pétakhnon, “broad flat cup”); also compare the suffix of λεκάνη (lekánē, “dish, pot”) and οὐράνη (ouránē, “chamber-pot”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

πᾰτᾰ́νη • (pătắnē) f (genitive πᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

kind of flat dish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰτᾰ́νη; τῆς πᾰτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰτᾰ́νη hē pătắnē	τὼ πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ pătắnā	αἱ πᾰτᾰ́ναι hai pătắnai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰτᾰ́νης tês pătắnēs	τοῖν πᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn pătắnain	τῶν πᾰτᾰνῶν tôn pătănôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰτᾰ́νῃ tēî pătắnēi	τοῖν πᾰτᾰ́ναιν toîn pătắnain	ταῖς πᾰτᾰ́ναις taîs pătắnais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰτᾰ́νην tḕn pătắnēn	τὼ πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ pătắnā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s pătắnās
Vocative	πᾰτᾰ́νη pătắnē	πᾰτᾰ́νᾱ pătắnā	πᾰτᾰ́ναι pătắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πατάνεψις (patánepsis)
πατάνιον (patánion)
Πατανίων (Pataníōn)

Descendants

→ Andalusian Arabic: بَطَانَة (baṭāna), پَطَانَة (paṭāna, “dishware or other large thing of little value”)
- ⇒? Andalusian Arabic: الْمَاطَنَة (al-māṭana, “sledgehammer”)
  - → Aragonese: almadena, almadana
  - → Spanish: almádena, almádana, almádina, almáina, almaina (Granada, Murcia)
→ Latin: patina (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πατάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1157