θέναρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰénr̥ (flat of the hand, palm). Compare Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhanvan) and Old High German tenar.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θένᾰρ (thénar) n (genitive θένᾰρος); third declension

  1. the palm of the hand
  2. the flat of the foot
  3. the flat top of an altar

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • θέναρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • θέναρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • θέναρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θέναρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θέναρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • θέναρ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • palm idem, page 590.
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