σμῆνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σμᾶνος (smânos) – Doric

Etymology

The formation can be compared with ἔθνος (éthnos), ἔρνος (érnos) and τέμενος (témenos). The original meaning was probably swarm of bees rather than beehive. According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is a good possibility.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmɛ̂ː.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzme.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.nos/

Noun

σμῆνος • (smênos) n (genitive σμήνους); third declension

A beehive, a skep
A swarm of bees
A swarm in general, a crowd

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σμῆνος; τοῦ σμήνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σμῆνος tò smênos	τὼ σμήνει tṑ smḗnei	τᾰ̀ σμήνη tà smḗnē
Genitive	τοῦ σμήνους toû smḗnous	τοῖν σμηνοῖν toîn smēnoîn	τῶν σμηνῶν tôn smēnôn
Dative	τῷ σμήνει tôi smḗnei	τοῖν σμηνοῖν toîn smēnoîn	τοῖς σμήνεσῐ / σμήνεσῐν toîs smḗnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σμῆνος tò smênos	τὼ σμήνει tṑ smḗnei	τᾰ̀ σμήνη tà smḗnē
Vocative	σμῆνος smênos	σμήνει smḗnei	σμήνη smḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σμηνηδόν (smēnēdón)
σμηνίον (smēníon)
σμηνιών (smēniṓn)
σμηνοδόκος (smēnodókos)
σμηνοκόμος (smēnokómos)
σμηνουργός (smēnourgós)
φιλόσμηνος (philósmēnos)

Descendants

Greek: σμήνος (smínos)

References

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