πέρνα

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Latin perna. Doublet of πτέρνη (ptérnē, “heel”), which was inherited.

πέρνᾰ • (pérna) f (genitive πέρνης); first declension

First declension of ἡ πέρνᾰ; τῆς πέρνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πέρνᾰ hē pérna	τὼ πέρνᾱ tṑ pérnā	αἱ πέρναι hai pérnai
Genitive	τῆς πέρνης tês pérnēs	τοῖν πέρναιν toîn pérnain	τῶν περνῶν tôn pernôn
Dative	τῇ πέρνῃ têi pérnēi	τοῖν πέρναιν toîn pérnain	ταῖς πέρναις taîs pérnais
Accusative	τὴν πέρνᾰν tḕn pérnan	τὼ πέρνᾱ tṑ pérnā	τᾱ̀ς πέρνᾱς tā̀s pérnās
Vocative	πέρνᾰ pérna	πέρνᾱ pérnā	πέρναι pérnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See the etymology of the main entry.

πέρνᾰ • (pérna)