πρατήνιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρητήν (prētḗn), προτήνῐον (protḗnion)

Etymology

Unknown. According to Solmsen, of Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pra.tɛ̌ː.ni.on/ → /praˈti.ni.on/ → /praˈti.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pra.tɛ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈte̝.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈti.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈti.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈti.ni.on/

Noun

πρᾰτήνῐον • (pratḗnion) n (genitive πρᾰτηνῐ́ου); second declension

1. designation of goats of a certain age

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πρᾰτήνῐον; τοῦ πρᾰτηνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρᾰτήνῐον tò pratḗnion	τὼ πρᾰτηνῐ́ω tṑ pratēníō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰτήνῐᾰ tà pratḗnia
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾰτηνῐ́ου toû pratēníou	τοῖν πρᾰτηνῐ́οιν toîn pratēníoin	τῶν πρᾰτηνῐ́ων tôn pratēníōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾰτηνῐ́ῳ tôi pratēníōi	τοῖν πρᾰτηνῐ́οιν toîn pratēníoin	τοῖς πρᾰτηνῐ́οις toîs pratēníois
Accusative	τὸ πρᾰτήνῐον tò pratḗnion	τὼ πρᾰτηνῐ́ω tṑ pratēníō	τᾰ̀ πρᾰτήνῐᾰ tà pratḗnia
Vocative	πρᾰτήνῐον pratḗnion	πρᾰτηνῐ́ω pratēníō	πρᾰτήνῐᾰ pratḗnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρατήνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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, →ISBN