ἀρπεδόνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀρπεδών (arpedṓn)

Etymology

Unknown. Connection with ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away”) is improbable for a word "cord". Grošelj Živa connects the word with Lithuanian verpti (“to spin”), but the -αρ- must be analogical after -ερ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.pe.dó.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈdo.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.peˈðo.ni/

Noun

ἀρπεδόνη • (arpedónē) f (genitive ἀρπεδόνης); first declension

cord, for binding or snaring game
yarn of which cloth is made
silkworm's thread

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀρπεδόνη; τῆς ἀρπεδόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρπεδόνη hē arpedónē	τὼ ἀρπεδόνᾱ tṑ arpedónā	αἱ ἀρπεδόναι hai arpedónai
Genitive	τῆς ἀρπεδόνης tês arpedónēs	τοῖν ἀρπεδόναιν toîn arpedónain	τῶν ἀρπεδονῶν tôn arpedonôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρπεδόνῃ tēî arpedónēi	τοῖν ἀρπεδόναιν toîn arpedónain	ταῖς ἀρπεδόναις taîs arpedónais
Accusative	τὴν ἀρπεδόνην tḕn arpedónēn	τὼ ἀρπεδόνᾱ tṑ arpedónā	τᾱ̀ς ἀρπεδόνᾱς tā̀s arpedónās
Vocative	ἀρπεδόνη arpedónē	ἀρπεδόνᾱ arpedónā	ἀρπεδόναι arpedónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀρπεδονάπται (arpedonáptai)
ἀρπεδονίζω (arpedonízō)

References

“ἀρπεδόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀρπεδόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀρπεδόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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