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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
A Northwest Semitic loanword, attested as Ugaritic 𐎀𐎔𐎐 (ảpn, “wheel of a chariot”) and Hebrew אוֹפַן (ʾōp̄án, “wheel of a chariot”). The clipped variant has perhaps been connected vulgarly with πήνη (pḗnē, “spool”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /aˈpi.ni/ → /aˈpi.ni/
Noun
ἀπήνη • (apḗnē) f (genitive ἀπήνης); first declension
- four-wheel wagon, drawn by mules
- Synonym: ἅμαξα (hámaxa)
- any car or chariot, any conveyance
Inflection
References
- “ἀπήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404, connecting with Old Armenian յոպնակ (yopnak)
- 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
- Reece, Steve (2009) “Junctural Metanalysis in Homer Owing to Movable and Final Kappa”, in Homer's Winged Words: The Evolution of Early Greek Epic Diction in the Light of Oral Theory, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 94, →DOI, pages 149–150