ὕαινα

See also: ύαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
    Proto-Indo-European *sewH-?
    Proto-Indo-European *suH-
    Proto-Hellenic *hūs
    Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs)
    Ancient Greek -αινα (-aina)
    Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina)

    From ὗς (hûs, “swine, pig”) +‎ -αινα (-aina, feminine suffix), for its bristly mane similar to that of a hog.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ῠ̔́αινᾰ • (hŭ́aină) f (genitive ῠ̔αίνης); first declension

    1. hyena

    Inflection

    First declension of ἡ ῠ̔́αινᾰ; τῆς ῠ̔αίνης (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ῠ̔́αινᾰ
    hē hŭ́aină     		τὼ ῠ̔αίνᾱ
    tṑ hŭaínā     		αἱ ῠ̔́αιναι
    hai hŭ́ainai
    Genitive τῆς ῠ̔αίνης
    tês hŭaínēs     		τοῖν ῠ̔αίναιν
    toîn hŭaínain     		τῶν ῠ̔αινῶν
    tôn hŭainôn
    Dative τῇ ῠ̔αίνῃ
    tēî hŭaínēi     		τοῖν ῠ̔αίναιν
    toîn hŭaínain     		ταῖς ῠ̔αίναις
    taîs hŭaínais
    Accusative τὴν ῠ̔́αινᾰν
    tḕn hŭ́ainăn     		τὼ ῠ̔αίνᾱ
    tṑ hŭaínā     		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔αίνᾱς
    tā̀s hŭaínās
    Vocative ῠ̔́αινᾰ
    hŭ́aină     		ῠ̔αίνᾱ
    hŭaínā     		ῠ̔́αιναι
    hŭ́ainai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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