σωλήν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the -ήν suffix renders a Pre-Greek source.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.lɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈlen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈlin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈlin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈlin/
Noun
σωλήν • (sōlḗn) m (genitive σωλῆνος); third declension
- channel, gutter, pipe
- Archilochus, Collected Works 154
- a cylindrical box for keeping a broken limb straight
- a grooved tile, Latin imbrex
- Hesychius Σ
- penis
- Hesychius Σ
- the cavity of the spine
- Pollux, Onomasticon 2.180
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σωλήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σωλήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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