τιμόνι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τιμόνη (timónē), τιμῶνι (timôni) — alt. readings

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan timon, from Late Latin tīmō, tīmōnem, variant of Latin tēmō, tēmōnem.

Noun

τιμόνι • (timóni) n (Byzantine)

rudder, tiller, helm
Synonym: πηδάλιον (pēdálion)
- 14th c., Κρασοπατέρας, in ms. Vind. theol. gr. 244^[1] (16th c.), folio 328v^[1]^[2]:
  καὶ πάλϊν μεταποίησον τὸν οὐρανὸν καράβην · τὰ νέφη χρισιοἄρμενα τιμόνη τὸ φεγγάρη · καραβοκύρην ἄνεμον καὶ ναύταις τοὺς ἀστέρας
  kaì pálïn metapoíēson tòn ouranòn karábēn ; tà néphē khrisioármena timónē tò phengárē ; karabokúrēn ánemon kaì naútais toùs astéras
  And again transform the sky into a ship, // the clouds into golden sails, into a rudder the Moon, // into a captain the wind, and into sailors the stars.

Descendants

Greek: τιμόνι (timóni)
- → Romanian: timonă
→ Ottoman Turkish: دومن (dümen)
- Turkish: dümen, domen, dömen, demen (dialectal)
- → Albanian: dymen
- → Arabic: دُومَان (dūmān)
- → Armenian: (Constantinople) տիւմէն (tiwmēn), (Van) դուման (duman)
- → Bulgarian: дюме́н (djumén)
- → Dalmatian: dùmen
- → Moroccan Arabic: دمان (dmān)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: ду̀мен
  - Latin script: dùmen
- → Ukrainian: деме́н (demén), деме́но (deméno)
→ Laz: დიმონი (dimoni), დიმარი (dimari) — Vitse
→ Middle Georgian: ტიმონი (ṭimoni)

References

^ Legrand, Émile (1874) “Φιλοσοφία Κρασοπατέρα”, in Recueil de chansons populaires grecques (Collection de monuments pour servire à l'étude de la langue néo–hellénique. Nouvelle série; 1), Athens: A. Coromilas, page 4, lines 20–22
^ Moennig, Ulrich (2023) “Ο Κρασοπατέρας του 14ου αιώνα – Kριτική έκδοση”, in Kalligraphos – Essays on Byzantine Language, Literature and Palaeography (Byzantinisches Archiv; 42), W. de Gruyter, →DOI, page 192, lines 20–22

τιμόνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τιμόνι (timóni), from Venetan timon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈmoni/
Hyphenation: τι‧μό‧νι

Noun

τιμόνι • (timóni) n (plural τιμόνια)

(transport) steering wheel (of car), helm, tiller (of boat) (steering apparatus)
Να κρατάς γερά το τιμόνι όταν οδηγάς.
Na kratás gerá to timóni ótan odigás.
Hold the wheel tight when you're driving.

Ο καπετάνιος είναι στο τιμόνι.
O kapetánios eínai sto timóni.
The captain is at the helm.
(nautical, by extension) helmsman (member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering)

Declension

Declension of **τιμόνι**
	singular	plural
nominative	τιμόνι (timóni)	τιμόνια (timónia)
genitive	τιμονιού (timonioú)	τιμονιών (timonión)
accusative	τιμόνι (timóni)	τιμόνια (timónia)
vocative	τιμόνι (timóni)	τιμόνια (timónia)

Synonyms

(helm): πηδάλιο n (pidálio)

Descendants

→ Romanian: timonă