σαγήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἁγάνα (hagána)

Etymology

Has been connected with Ancient Greek σάττω (sáttō, “to stuff, to press”) but this is semantically insufficient. Because of the Cypriot byform and the connection with σάγουρον (ságouron, “net”), Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈɡe.ne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈɣi.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi.ni/

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Noun

σαγήνη • (sagḗnē) f (genitive σαγήνης); first declension

A large dragnet, a seine
A hunting net

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σαγήνη; τῆς σαγήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σαγήνη hē sagḗnē	τὼ σαγήνᾱ tṑ sagḗnā	αἱ σαγῆναι hai sagênai
Genitive	τῆς σαγήνης tês sagḗnēs	τοῖν σαγήναιν toîn sagḗnain	τῶν σαγηνῶν tôn sagēnôn
Dative	τῇ σαγήνῃ têi sagḗnēi	τοῖν σαγήναιν toîn sagḗnain	ταῖς σαγήναις taîs sagḗnais
Accusative	τὴν σαγήνην tḕn sagḗnēn	τὼ σαγήνᾱ tṑ sagḗnā	τᾱ̀ς σαγήνᾱς tā̀s sagḗnās
Vocative	σαγήνη sagḗnē	σαγήνᾱ sagḗnā	σαγῆναι sagênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σαγηναῖος (sagēnaîos)
σαγηνεύς (sagēneús)
σαγηνεύω (sagēneúō)
σαγηνοβόλος (sagēnobólos)

Descendants

Latin: sagēna
English: seine

References

σαγήνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σαγήνη 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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