ποιμένας
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.mé.nas/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈme.nas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈme.nas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈme.nas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈme.nas/
Noun
ποιμένᾰς • (poiménas)
- accusative plural of ποιμήν (poimḗn)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn).
Noun
ποιμένας • (poiménas) m (plural ποιμένες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ποιμένας (poiménas) | ποιμένες (poiménes) |
| genitive | ποιμένα (poiména) | ποιμένων (poiménon) |
| accusative | ποιμένα (poiména) | ποιμένες (poiménes) |
| vocative | ποιμένα (poiména) | ποιμένες (poiménes) |
Synonyms
- (shepherd): βοσκός m (voskós)
Coordinate terms
- τσέλιγκας m (tséligkas, “sheep owner, chief shepherd”)
Further reading
- ποιμένας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ποιμένας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
