λάχνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”), like Latin vellus (“fleece”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.kʰnɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kʰne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xni/

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Noun

λάχνη • (lákhnē) f (genitive λάχνης); first declension

soft, woolly hair, down, as of the first beard
thin hair
soft nap or pile on cloth
hair or fur of wild beasts
(in the plural) the quills of the hedgehog
leafage

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λάχνη; τῆς λάχνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λάχνη hē lákhnē	τὼ λάχνᾱ tṑ lákhnā	αἱ λάχναι hai lákhnai
Genitive	τῆς λάχνης tês lákhnēs	τοῖν λάχναιν toîn lákhnain	τῶν λαχνῶν tôn lakhnôn
Dative	τῇ λάχνῃ têi lákhnēi	τοῖν λάχναιν toîn lákhnain	ταῖς λάχναις taîs lákhnais
Accusative	τὴν λάχνην tḕn lákhnēn	τὼ λάχνᾱ tṑ lákhnā	τᾱ̀ς λάχνᾱς tā̀s lákhnās
Vocative	λάχνη lákhnē	λάχνᾱ lákhnā	λάχναι lákhnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λαχναῖος (lakhnaîos)
λαχνήεις (lakhnḗeis)
λαχνόγυιος (lakhnóguios)
λαχνόομαι (lakhnóomai)
λαχνώδης (lakhnṓdēs)
λάχνωσις (lákhnōsis)

References

λάχνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λάχνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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

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