δρεπάνη

See also: Δρεπάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • δρέπανον (drépanon), δράπανον (drápanon)

Etymology

Related to δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, cut off”) and cognate with Old Armenian արտեւան (artewan).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δρεπᾰ́νη • (drepánē) f (genitive δρεπᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. sickle

Inflection
First declension of ἡ δρεπᾰ́νη; τῆς δρεπᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δρεπᾰ́νη
hē drepánē		 τὼ δρεπᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ drepánā		 αἱ δρεπᾰ́ναι
hai drepánai
Genitive τῆς δρεπᾰ́νης
tês drepánēs		 τοῖν δρεπᾰ́ναιν
toîn drepánain		 τῶν δρεπᾰνῶν
tôn drepanôn
Dative τῇ δρεπᾰ́νῃ
têi drepánēi		 τοῖν δρεπᾰ́ναιν
toîn drepánain		 ταῖς δρεπᾰ́ναις
taîs drepánais
Accusative τὴν δρεπᾰ́νην
tḕn drepánēn		 τὼ δρεπᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ drepánā		 τᾱ̀ς δρεπᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s drepánās
Vocative δρεπᾰ́νη
drepánē		 δρεπᾰ́νᾱ
drepánā		 δρεπᾰ́ναι
drepánai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • δρεπᾰ́νῐον (drepánion)

Descendants

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353

Further reading
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