Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to weave, to twist”) and cognate with Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, “to exert oneself”), Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”) and Lithuanian pìnti (“to twist”). Beekes, however, rejects this proposal and leaves the origin open.
πήνη • (pḗnē) f (genitive πήνης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πήνη hē pḗnē |
τὼ πήνᾱ tṑ pḗnā |
αἱ πῆναι hai pênai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πήνης tês pḗnēs |
τοῖν πήναιν toîn pḗnain |
τῶν πηνῶν tôn pēnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πήνῃ têi pḗnēi |
τοῖν πήναιν toîn pḗnain |
ταῖς πήναις taîs pḗnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πήνην tḕn pḗnēn |
τὼ πήνᾱ tṑ pḗnā |
τᾱ̀ς πήνᾱς tā̀s pḗnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πήνη pḗnē |
πήνᾱ pḗnā |
πῆναι pênai | ||||||||||
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