δρεπάνη

See also: Δρεπάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δρέπανον (drépanon), δράπανον (drápanon)

Etymology

Related to δρέπω (drépō, to pluck, cut off) and cognate with Old Armenian արտեւան (artewan).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρεπᾰ́νη (drepánē) f (genitive δρεπᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. sickle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • δρεπᾰ́νῐον (drepánion)

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353

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