lagoena
English
Etymology
Noun
lagoena (plural lagoenae)
- A narrow-necked vessel for holding and serving drinks at a table, especially wine: a decanter, flagon, type of carafe (made by the Romans of various materials, including glass).
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάγῡνος (lágūnos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈɡoe̯.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈd͡ʒɛː.na]
Noun
lagoena f (genitive lagoenae); first declension
- lagoena (type of narrow-necked vessel)
Usage notes
- The word was highly variable during the Classical period, with several forms persisting in common use for centuries.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lagoena | lagoenae |
| genitive | lagoenae | lagoenārum |
| dative | lagoenae | lagoenīs |
| accusative | lagoenam | lagoenās |
| ablative | lagoenā | lagoenīs |
| vocative | lagoena | lagoenae |
Related terms
References
- “lagōna” on page 1098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “lagoena” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- lagoena, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Further reading
- “lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lagoena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.