κατάνη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Sicel katane (“grater”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰτᾰ́νη • (katánē) f (genitive κᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. grater
    Synonym: κνήστις (knḗstis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰ́νη; τῆς κᾰτᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰτᾰ́νη
hē katánē 		τὼ κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ katánā 		αἱ κᾰτᾰ́ναι
hai katánai
Genitive τῆς κᾰτᾰ́νης
tês katánēs 		τοῖν κᾰτᾰ́ναιν
toîn katánain 		τῶν κᾰτᾰνῶν
tôn katanôn
Dative τῇ κᾰτᾰ́νῃ
têi katánēi 		τοῖν κᾰτᾰ́ναιν
toîn katánain 		ταῖς κᾰτᾰ́ναις
taîs katánais
Accusative τὴν κᾰτᾰ́νην
tḕn katánēn 		τὼ κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ katánā 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s katánās
Vocative κᾰτᾰ́νη
katánē 		κᾰτᾰ́νᾱ
katánā 		κᾰτᾰ́ναι
katánai
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References

  1. ^ TI: Pellegrini, G.B., Toponomastica italiana, Milano, Hoepli, 1990.
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