πλεκτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλεκτός (plektós, “plaited, twisted”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλεκτᾰ́νη • (plektắnē) f (genitive πλεκτᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. anything twined or wreathed, coil, wreath
  2. (in the plural) arms of the octopus, tentacles
  3. (in the plural) antennae of the shrimp
  4. (in the plural) meshes of a spiderweb
  5. (pathology) mastoid growth in the uterus
  6. (anatomy) Fallopian tubes
  7. (anatomy) plexus of veins

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη; τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλεκτᾰ́νη
hē plektắnē 		τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ plektắnā 		αἱ πλεκτᾰ́ναι
hai plektắnai
Genitive τῆς πλεκτᾰ́νης
tês plektắnēs 		τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν
toîn plektắnain 		τῶν πλεκτᾰνῶν
tôn plektănôn
Dative τῇ πλεκτᾰ́νῃ
tēî plektắnēi 		τοῖν πλεκτᾰ́ναιν
toîn plektắnain 		ταῖς πλεκτᾰ́ναις
taîs plektắnais
Accusative τὴν πλεκτᾰ́νην
tḕn plektắnēn 		τὼ πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ plektắnā 		τᾱ̀ς πλεκτᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s plektắnās
Vocative πλεκτᾰ́νη
plektắnē 		πλεκτᾰ́νᾱ
plektắnā 		πλεκτᾰ́ναι
plektắnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πλεκτᾰ́νῐον (plektắnĭon)
  • πλεκτᾰνόομαι (plektănóomai)
  • πλεκτᾰνόστολος (plektănóstolos)
  • πλεκτᾰνώδης (plektănṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: πλεκτάνη (plektáni)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.