δέσποινα
See also: Δέσποινα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *déspoňňa, from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótnih₂ (“lady of the house”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (dəmąnō.paθnī, “mistress, housekeeper”) and Persian بانو (bânu, “lady”). Female counterpart of δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord”). By surface analysis, δεσπότης (despótēs) + -ινα (-ina).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dés.poi̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdes.py.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðes.py.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðes.py.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðes.pi.na/
Noun
editδέσποινα • (déspoina) f (genitive δεσποίνης); first declension
- lady, mistress
- princess, queen
- owneress
- 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 2, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata[1]:
- ἡ δὲ Εὐγενίᾱ δέσποινά ἐστι τῶν δουλῶν.
- hē dè Eugeníā déspoiná esti tôn doulôn.
- Eugenia is the owneress of the female slaves.
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δέσποινᾰ hē déspoina |
τὼ δεσποίνᾱ tṑ despoínā |
αἱ δέσποιναι hai déspoinai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δεσποίνης tês despoínēs |
τοῖν δεσποίναιν toîn despoínain |
τῶν δεσποινῶν tôn despoinôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δεσποίνῃ têi despoínēi |
τοῖν δεσποίναιν toîn despoínain |
ταῖς δεσποίναις taîs despoínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δέσποινᾰν tḕn déspoinan |
τὼ δεσποίνᾱ tṑ despoínā |
τᾱ̀ς δεσποίνᾱς tā̀s despoínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δέσποινᾰ déspoina |
δεσποίνᾱ despoínā |
δέσποιναι déspoinai | ||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δεσπότης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
Further reading
edit- “δέσποινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέσποινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δέσποινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “δέσποινα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Ancient Greek δέσποινα (déspoina, “lady of the house, mistress”), from Proto-Hellenic *déspoňňa, from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótnih₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (dəmąnō.paθnī, “mistress, housekeeper”) and Persian بانو (bânu, “lady”).
Female counterpart to δεσπότης (despótis).
Noun
editδέσποινα • (déspoina) f (plural δέσποινες)
Declension
editCategories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ινα
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek terms with quotations
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'φυσαρμόνικα'
- Greek nouns lacking a genitive plural