φάτνη

Ancient Greek

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”), the same root of Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati) and Proto-Germanic *bindaną. The same suffix is recognized in Gaulish benna and Welsh ben (“cart”). However, Beekes finds this theory improbable and suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

φάτνη • (phátnē) f (genitive φάτνης); first declension

First declension of ἡ φάτνη; τῆς φάτνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φάτνη hē phátnē	τὼ φάτνᾱ tṑ phátnā	αἱ φάτναι hai phátnai
Genitive	τῆς φάτνης tês phátnēs	τοῖν φάτναιν toîn phátnain	τῶν φατνῶν tôn phatnôn
Dative	τῇ φάτνῃ tēî phátnēi	τοῖν φάτναιν toîn phátnain	ταῖς φάτναις taîs phátnais
Accusative	τὴν φάτνην tḕn phátnēn	τὼ φάτνᾱ tṑ phátnā	τᾱ̀ς φάτνᾱς tā̀s phátnās
Vocative	φάτνη phátnē	φάτνᾱ phátnā	φάτναι phátnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“φάτνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“φάτνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“φάτνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
φάτνη 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

φάτνη • (fátni) f (plural φάτνες)