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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The name Lerna is suggested to be connected with the Hattic plural prefix le- plus arinna, arna 'spring', 'pool', 'well', 'source'.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lér.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈler.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈler.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈler.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈler.ni/
Proper noun
Λέρνη • (Lérnē) f (genitive Λέρνης); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Λερναῖος (Lernaîos)
Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015