σατίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly related to σάτιλλα (sátilla, “Big Dipper”). There is a certain similarity between σάτιλλα (sátilla) and Armenian սայլ (sayl, “cart, oxcart”). This should perhaps be explained as borrowing through, for example, Phrygian. Schmitt rather argues for a Thracian origin of σάτιλλα (sátilla), whereas remote resemblance of Armenian սայլ (sayl, “cart, oxcart”) with Georgian ეტლი (eṭli, “chariot”) is pointed out by Adontz. According to Beekes both words are from Pre-Greek, because they defy derivation from Indo-European.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tí.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ni/

Noun

σᾰτῐ́νη • (sătĭ́nē) f (genitive σᾰτῐ́νης); first declension

(in the plural) chariot

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰτῐ́νη; τῆς σᾰτῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰτῐ́νη hē sătĭ́nē	τὼ σᾰτῐ́νᾱ tṑ sătĭ́nā	αἱ σᾰτῐ́ναι hai sătĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰτῐ́νης tês sătĭ́nēs	τοῖν σᾰτῐ́ναιν toîn sătĭ́nain	τῶν σᾰτῐνῶν tôn sătĭnôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰτῐ́νῃ têi sătĭ́nēi	τοῖν σᾰτῐ́ναιν toîn sătĭ́nain	ταῖς σᾰτῐ́ναις taîs sătĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰτῐ́νην tḕn sătĭ́nēn	τὼ σᾰτῐ́νᾱ tṑ sătĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰτῐ́νᾱς tā̀s sătĭ́nās
Vocative	σᾰτῐ́νη sătĭ́nē	σᾰτῐ́νᾱ sătĭ́nā	σᾰτῐ́ναι sătĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“σατίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σατίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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