ταινία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“stretch”), the same root underlying τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”), though the phonological and morphological details are rather unclear. The missing link may be a noun like *ταῖνα (*taîna) or *ταινά (*tainá). The formation of the word is comparable to that of κειρία (keiría, “band, tapeworm”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ταινῐ́ᾱ • (tainĭ́ā) f (genitive ταινῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. band, fillet, headband worn in sign of victory
  2. breastband worn by young girls
  3. ribbon, tape, band
  4. strip in fur
  5. pennon of a ship
  6. strip or tongue of land
  7. (in joiner's work) fillet, fascia
  8. tapeworm, taenia
    Synonym: κειρία (keiría)
  9. kind of long, thin fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ταινῐ́ᾱ
hē tainĭ́ā 		τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ
tṑ tainĭ́ā 		αἱ ταινῐ́αι
hai tainĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ταινῐ́ᾱς
tês tainĭ́ās 		τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν
toîn tainĭ́ain 		τῶν ταινῐῶν
tôn tainĭôn
Dative τῇ ταινῐ́ᾳ
têi tainĭ́āi 		τοῖν ταινῐ́αιν
toîn tainĭ́ain 		ταῖς ταινῐ́αις
taîs tainĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ταινῐ́ᾱν
tḕn tainĭ́ān 		τὼ ταινῐ́ᾱ
tṑ tainĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ταινῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s tainĭ́ās
Vocative ταινῐ́ᾱ
tainĭ́ā 		ταινῐ́ᾱ
tainĭ́ā 		ταινῐ́αι
tainĭ́ai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ταινία (tainía)
  • → Latin: taenia
  • → Translingual: Taenia

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταινία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1444

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía).

Noun

ταινία • (tainía) f (plural ταινίες)

  1. film (UK), movie (US)
    Εκείνη η ταινία ακόμα δεν παίζεται στα σινεμά.
    Ekeíni i tainía akóma den paízetai sta sinemá.
    That film/movie is not yet showing in theaters.
  2. ribbon, tape, band
  3. tape measure
  4. streak
  5. tapeworm

Declension

Declension of ταινία
singular plural
nominative ταινία (tainía) ταινίες (tainíes)
genitive ταινίας (tainías) ταινιών (tainión)
accusative ταινία (tainía) ταινίες (tainíes)
vocative ταινία (tainía) ταινίες (tainíes)

Synonyms

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