Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-, like Sanskrit अप्नस् (apnas, “property, possession”), Proto-Germanic *aflą (“power, strength”) and Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫa-a-ap-pár). However, Furnée links this word with ὀμφύνειν (omphúnein, “to strengthen, respect, honor”), suggesting a by-form "ὀμφυν-" and thus a Pre-Greek origin.
ὄμπνη • (ómpnē) n (genitive ὄμπνης); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ὄμπνη hē ómpnē |
τὼ ὄμπνᾱ tṑ ómpnā |
αἱ ὄμπναι hai ómpnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὄμπνης tês ómpnēs |
τοῖν ὄμπναιν toîn ómpnain |
τῶν ὀμπνῶν tôn ompnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὄμπνῃ têi ómpnēi |
τοῖν ὄμπναιν toîn ómpnain |
ταῖς ὄμπναις taîs ómpnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὄμπνην tḕn ómpnēn |
τὼ ὄμπνᾱ tṑ ómpnā |
τᾱ̀ς ὄμπνᾱς tā̀s ómpnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὄμπνη ómpnē |
ὄμπνᾱ ómpnā |
ὄμπναι ómpnai | ||||||||||
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