ἄρμενον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Literally, "what has been fitted out", "equipment", a substantivization from ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together; equip”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ár.me.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.me.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.me.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.me.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.me.non/
Noun
ἄρμενον • (ármenon) n (genitive ἀρμένου); second declension
- (in the plural) tackle of a ship, sails
- implement, instrument, tool, equipment
- food, nourishment
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἄρμενον tò ármenon |
τὼ ἀρμένω tṑ arménō |
τᾰ̀ ἄρμενᾰ tằ ármenă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀρμένου toû arménou |
τοῖν ἀρμένοιν toîn arménoin |
τῶν ἀρμένων tôn arménōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀρμένῳ tōî arménōi |
τοῖν ἀρμένοιν toîn arménoin |
τοῖς ἀρμένοις toîs arménois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἄρμενον tò ármenon |
τὼ ἀρμένω tṑ arménō |
τᾰ̀ ἄρμενᾰ tằ ármenă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄρμενον ármenon |
ἀρμένω arménō |
ἄρμενᾰ ármenă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀρμενίζω (armenízō)
- ἀρμενοθήκη (armenothḗkē)
- ἀρμενοποιέω (armenopoiéō)
- ἀρμενοφόρος (armenophóros)
- λινάρμενον (linármenon)
Further reading
- “ἄρμενον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄρμενον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄρμενον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄρμενον 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