"ποίμνη" meaning in All languages combined

See ποίμνη on Wiktionary

Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /pǒi̯m.nɛː/, /ˈpym.ni/, /ˈpim.ni/, /pǒi̯m.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpym.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpym.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpym.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpim.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the root of ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”) + -η (-ē), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ποιμήν|-η|t1=shepherd}} ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”) + -η (-ē), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*peh₂-||to protect, shepherd}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ποίμνης|f|first}} ποίμνη • (poímnē) f (genitive ποίμνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ποίμνη|ης}} Forms: poímnē [romanization], ποίμνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ποίμνη [nominative, singular], τὼ ποίμνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ποῖμναι [nominative, plural], τῆς ποίμνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ποίμναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ποιμνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ποίμνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ποίμναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ποίμναις [dative, plural], τὴν ποίμνην [accusative, singular], τὼ ποίμνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ποίμνᾱς [accusative, plural], ποίμνη [singular, vocative], ποίμνᾱ [dual, vocative], ποῖμναι [plural, vocative]
  1. flock
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "1886 translation by W. Walter Merry, James Riddell and D. B. Monro\nNeither with flocks is it held, nor with ploughed lands",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.122",
          "text": "οὔτ᾽ ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτ᾽ ἀρότοισιν"
        },
        {
          "english": "1914 translation\nThe droves of kine and wide herds of goats and flocks of fleecy sheep",
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 9.122",
          "text": "βουκολίας ἀγέλας τε καὶ αἰπόλια πλατἔ αἰγῶν ποίμνας τ᾽ είροπόκων"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "en dè toútōi tá te aipólia kaì tàs poímnas kaì tà boukólia ho Kûros pánta toû patròs sunalísas",
          "text": "ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τά τε αἰπόλια καὶ τὰς ποίμνας καὶ τὰ βουκόλια ὁ Κῦρος πάντα τοῦ πατρὸς συναλίσας"
        }
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      "ipa": "/pǒi̯m.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpim.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pǒi̯m.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpim.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      ]
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    },
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      "form": "τῇ ποίμνῃ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖν ποίμναιν",
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    },
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      "form": "ταῖς ποίμναις",
      "roman": "taîs poímnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὴν ποίμνην",
      "roman": "tḕn poímnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὼ ποίμνᾱ",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ποίμνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s poímnās",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποίμνη",
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    },
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      "form": "ποίμνᾱ",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ποῖμναι",
      "roman": "poîmnai",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
          "english": "1886 translation by W. Walter Merry, James Riddell and D. B. Monro\nNeither with flocks is it held, nor with ploughed lands",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.122",
          "text": "οὔτ᾽ ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτ᾽ ἀρότοισιν"
        },
        {
          "english": "1914 translation\nThe droves of kine and wide herds of goats and flocks of fleecy sheep",
          "ref": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 9.122",
          "text": "βουκολίας ἀγέλας τε καὶ αἰπόλια πλατἔ αἰγῶν ποίμνας τ᾽ είροπόκων"
        },
        {
          "english": "1920 translation\nMeanwhile, collecting his father's goats and sheep and oxen",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.126",
          "roman": "en dè toútōi tá te aipólia kaì tàs poímnas kaì tà boukólia ho Kûros pánta toû patròs sunalísas",
          "text": "ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τά τε αἰπόλια καὶ τὰς ποίμνας καὶ τὰ βουκόλια ὁ Κῦρος πάντα τοῦ πατρὸς συναλίσας"
        }
      ],
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        "flock"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/pǒi̯m.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpim.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pǒi̯m.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpym.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpim.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ποίμνη"
}

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