"βλέννα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βλέννα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /blén.na/, /ˈβlen.na/, /ˈvle.na/, /blén.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈblen.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈβlen.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈvlen.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈvle.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”) and Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{cog|sa|मृदु||soft, gentle}} Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”), {{cog|mga|blind||slime from the mouth of a dead man}} Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|βλέννης|f|first}} βλέννα • (blénna) f (genitive βλέννης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βλέννᾰ|ης}} Forms: blénna [romanization], βλέννης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ βλέννᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ βλέννᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ βλένναι [nominative, plural], τῆς βλέννης [genitive, singular], τοῖν βλένναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βλεννῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ βλέννῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν βλένναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βλένναις [dative, plural], τὴν βλέννᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ βλέννᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βλέννᾱς [accusative, plural], βλέννᾰ [singular, vocative], βλέννᾱ [dual, vocative], βλένναι [plural, vocative]
  1. mucus Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Synonyms: κόρυζα, λέμφος, μύξα, βλένα (bléna), πλέννα (plénna) Derived forms: βλέννος (blénnos), βλεννός (blennós), βλεννώδης (blennṓdēs)

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मृदु",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soft, gentle"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "blind",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slime from the mouth of a dead man"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”) and Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blénna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βλέννᾰ",
      "roman": "hē blénna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βλέννᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ blénnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βλένναι",
      "roman": "hai blénnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βλέννης",
      "roman": "tês blénnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βλένναιν",
      "roman": "toîn blénnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βλεννῶν",
      "roman": "tôn blennôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βλέννῃ",
      "roman": "têi blénnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βλένναιν",
      "roman": "toîn blénnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βλένναις",
      "roman": "taîs blénnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βλέννᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn blénnan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βλέννᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ blénnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βλέννᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s blénnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννᾰ",
      "roman": "blénna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλένναι",
      "roman": "blénnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "βλέννης",
        "2": "f",
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βλέννᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Bodily fluids",
          "orig": "grc:Bodily fluids",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Liquids",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Matter",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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          "roman": "blénnos",
          "word": "βλέννος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "blennós",
          "word": "βλεννός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "blennṓdēs",
          "word": "βλεννώδης"
        }
      ],
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        "mucus"
      ],
      "id": "en-βλέννα-grc-noun-VDLWlfBD",
      "links": [
        [
          "mucus",
          "mucus"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "κόρυζα"
        },
        {
          "word": "λέμφος"
        },
        {
          "word": "μύξα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bléna",
          "word": "βλένα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "plénna",
          "word": "πλέννα"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blén.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβlen.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvle.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blén.na/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblen.na/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβlen.na/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvlen.na/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvle.na/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βλέννα"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "blénnos",
      "word": "βλέννος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "blennós",
      "word": "βλεννός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "blennṓdēs",
      "word": "βλεννώδης"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मृदु",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "mga",
        "2": "blind",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slime from the mouth of a dead man"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”) and Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blénna",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βλέννᾰ",
      "roman": "hē blénna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βλέννᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ blénnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βλένναι",
      "roman": "hai blénnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βλέννης",
      "roman": "tês blénnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βλένναιν",
      "roman": "toîn blénnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βλεννῶν",
      "roman": "tôn blennôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βλέννῃ",
      "roman": "têi blénnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βλένναιν",
      "roman": "toîn blénnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βλένναις",
      "roman": "taîs blénnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βλέννᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn blénnan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βλέννᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ blénnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βλέννᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s blénnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννᾰ",
      "roman": "blénna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλέννᾱ",
      "roman": "blénnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βλένναι",
      "roman": "blénnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βλέννης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "βλέννα • (blénna) f (genitive βλέννης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "βλέννᾰ",
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      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "grc:Bodily fluids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mucus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mucus",
          "mucus"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "κόρυζα"
        },
        {
          "word": "λέμφος"
        },
        {
          "word": "μύξα"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/blén.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβlen.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvle.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blén.na/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblen.na/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβlen.na/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvlen.na/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvle.na/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bléna",
      "word": "βλένα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "plénna",
      "word": "πλέννα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βλέννα"
}

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