πλήμνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally associated with πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”), but this is popular etymology. Beekes preferably derives it from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”), the same root of πόλος (pólos, “axis, pole”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛ̌ːm.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈple̝m.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplim.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplim.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplim.ni/
Noun
πλήμνη • (plḗmnē) f (genitive πλήμνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλήμνη hē plḗmnē |
τὼ πλήμνᾱ tṑ plḗmnā |
αἱ πλῆμναι hai plêmnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλήμνης tês plḗmnēs |
τοῖν πλήμναιν toîn plḗmnain |
τῶν πλημνῶν tôn plēmnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλήμνῃ tēî plḗmnēi |
τοῖν πλήμναιν toîn plḗmnain |
ταῖς πλήμναις taîs plḗmnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλήμνην tḕn plḗmnēn |
τὼ πλήμνᾱ tṑ plḗmnā |
τᾱ̀ς πλήμνᾱς tā̀s plḗmnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλήμνη plḗmnē |
πλήμνᾱ plḗmnā |
πλῆμναι plêmnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλημνόδετον (plēmnódeton)
Descendants
- Greek: πλήμνη (plímni)
Further reading
- “πλήμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλήμνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλήμνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλήμνη (plḗmnē).
Noun
πλήμνη • (plímni) f
- hub (of a wheel)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλήμνη (plímni) | πλήμνες (plímnes) |
| genitive | πλήμνης (plímnis) | πλημνών (plimnón) |
| accusative | πλήμνη (plímni) | πλήμνες (plímnes) |
| vocative | πλήμνη (plímni) | πλήμνες (plímnes) |
Synonyms
- αφαλός m (afalós) (the more common term)