σωλήν

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, the -ήν suffix renders a Pre-Greek source.

σωλήν • (sōlḗn) m (genitive σωλῆνος); third declension

channel, gutter, pipe
- Archilochus, Collected Works 154
- Herodotus, Histories 3.60
- Plutarch, Moralia 2.526B
- Strabo, Geography 754
1. syringe, squirt
  - Plutarch, Galba 19
a cylindrical box for keeping a broken limb straight
- Hippocrates, Surgery 745, (Compare 763D, 766A)
a grooved tile, Latin imbrex
- Hesychius Σ
penis
- Hesychius Σ
the cavity of the spine
- Pollux, Onomasticon 2.180

Third declension of ὁ σωλήν; τοῦ σωλῆνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σωλήν ho sōlḗn	τὼ σωλῆνε tṑ sōlêne	οἱ σωλῆνες hoi sōlênes
Genitive	τοῦ σωλῆνος toû sōlênos	τοῖν σωλήνοιν toîn sōlḗnoin	τῶν σωλήνων tôn sōlḗnōn
Dative	τῷ σωλῆνῐ tôi sōlêni	τοῖν σωλήνοιν toîn sōlḗnoin	τοῖς σωλῆσῐ / σωλῆσῐν toîs sōlêsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σωλῆνᾰ tòn sōlêna	τὼ σωλῆνε tṑ sōlêne	τοὺς σωλῆνᾰς toùs sōlênas
Vocative	σωλήν sōlḗn	σωλῆνε sōlêne	σωλῆνες sōlênes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.