lagoena

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English

Etymology

From Latin lagoena.

Noun

lagoena (plural lagoenae)

  1. A narrow-necked vessel for holding and serving drinks at a table, especially wine: a decanter, flagon, type of carafe (made by the Romans of various materials, including glass).

Latin

A Greek lagynos (Latin lagoena) from Epidaurus, dated to the 2nd to 1st century BC

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάγῡνος (lágūnos).

Pronunciation

Noun

lagoena f (genitive lagoenae); first declension

  1. lagoena (type of narrow-necked vessel)

Usage notes

  • The word was highly variable in the Classical period, with several forms persisting in common use for centuries. Many dictionaries published since the 20th century pick lagoena as the headword, but in the second edition of the Oxford Latin Dictionary, the headword is lagōna.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lagoena lagoenae
genitive lagoenae lagoenārum
dative lagoenae lagoenīs
accusative lagoenam lagoenās
ablative lagoenā lagoenīs
vocative lagoena lagoenae

References

Further reading

  • lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lagoena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lagoena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.