"πόρνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πόρνη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pór.nɛː/, /ˈpor.ni/, /ˈpor.ni/, /pór.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpor.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpor.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpor.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpor.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to sell”), which also gave the verb πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “to sell”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{grc-noun|πόρνης|f|first|dim=πορνίδιον}} πόρνη • (pórnē) f (genitive πόρνης, diminutive πορνίδιον); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πόρνη|ης}} Forms: pórnē [romanization], πόρνης [genitive], πορνίδιον [diminutive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ πόρνη [nominative, singular], τὼ πόρνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ πόρναι [nominative, plural], τῆς πόρνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν πόρναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πορνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ πόρνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν πόρναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πόρναις [dative, plural], τὴν πόρνην [accusative, singular], τὼ πόρνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πόρνᾱς [accusative, plural], πόρνη [singular, vocative], πόρνᾱ [dual, vocative], πόρναι [plural, vocative]
  1. female prostitute, particularly a common whore Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Prostitution Related terms: πόρνος (pórnos) (english: male prostitute)
    Sense id: en-πόρνη-grc-noun-3tp3GI0m Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 3 1 Derived forms: ἱππόπορνος (hippópornos) (english: excessive prostitute), πασιπόρνη (pasipórnē) (english: common prostitute), πορνεία (porneía) (english: prostitution), πορνεῖον (porneîon) (english: brothel), πορνεύω (porneúō) (english: to prostitute oneself), πορνικός (pornikós) (english: related to prostitutes), πορνοβοσκός (pornoboskós) (english: brothel-keeper), πορνογέννητος (pornogénnētos) (english: born of a prostitute), πορνογράφος (pornográphos) (english: author writing about prostitutes), πορνοδιδάσκαλος (pornodidáskalos) (english: teacher of fornication), πορνοκόπος (pornokópos) (english: customer of prostitutes), πορνομανής (pornomanḗs) (english: mad for prostitutes), πορνοσύνη (pornosúnē) (english: prostitution), πορνότριψ (pornótrips) (english: customer of prostitutes), πορνοφίλης (pornophílēs) (english: lover of prostitutes)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πόρνη",
            "g": "f",
            "gloss": "prostitute"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πόρνη f (pórni, “prostitute”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πόρνη f (pórni, “prostitute”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "պոռնիկ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)\nArmenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)\nArmenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to sell”), which also gave the verb πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “to sell”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pórnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορνίδιον",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 πόρνη",
      "roman": "hē pórnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πόρναι",
      "roman": "hai pórnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πόρνης",
      "roman": "tês pórnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόρναιν",
      "roman": "toîn pórnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πορνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn pornôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πόρνῃ",
      "roman": "têi pórnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόρναιν",
      "roman": "toîn pórnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πόρναις",
      "roman": "taîs pórnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πόρνην",
      "roman": "tḕn pórnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πόρνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pórnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνη",
      "roman": "pórnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρναι",
      "roman": "pórnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόρνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "dim": "πορνίδιον"
      },
      "expansion": "πόρνη • (pórnē) f (genitive πόρνης, diminutive πορνίδιον); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόρνη",
        "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": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "grc:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "grc:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "grc:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "excessive prostitute",
          "roman": "hippópornos",
          "word": "ἱππόπορνος"
        },
        {
          "english": "common prostitute",
          "roman": "pasipórnē",
          "word": "πασιπόρνη"
        },
        {
          "english": "prostitution",
          "roman": "porneía",
          "word": "πορνεία"
        },
        {
          "english": "brothel",
          "roman": "porneîon",
          "word": "πορνεῖον"
        },
        {
          "english": "to prostitute oneself",
          "roman": "porneúō",
          "word": "πορνεύω"
        },
        {
          "english": "related to prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornikós",
          "word": "πορνικός"
        },
        {
          "english": "brothel-keeper",
          "roman": "pornoboskós",
          "word": "πορνοβοσκός"
        },
        {
          "english": "born of a prostitute",
          "roman": "pornogénnētos",
          "word": "πορνογέννητος"
        },
        {
          "english": "author writing about prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornográphos",
          "word": "πορνογράφος"
        },
        {
          "english": "teacher of fornication",
          "roman": "pornodidáskalos",
          "word": "πορνοδιδάσκαλος"
        },
        {
          "english": "customer of prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornokópos",
          "word": "πορνοκόπος"
        },
        {
          "english": "mad for prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornomanḗs",
          "word": "πορνομανής"
        },
        {
          "english": "prostitution",
          "roman": "pornosúnē",
          "word": "πορνοσύνη"
        },
        {
          "english": "customer of prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornótrips",
          "word": "πορνότριψ"
        },
        {
          "english": "lover of prostitutes",
          "roman": "pornophílēs",
          "word": "πορνοφίλης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female prostitute, particularly a common whore"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρνη-grc-noun-3tp3GI0m",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "whore",
          "whore"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "male prostitute",
          "roman": "pórnos",
          "word": "πόρνος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρνη"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Prostitution"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "excessive prostitute",
      "roman": "hippópornos",
      "word": "ἱππόπορνος"
    },
    {
      "english": "common prostitute",
      "roman": "pasipórnē",
      "word": "πασιπόρνη"
    },
    {
      "english": "prostitution",
      "roman": "porneía",
      "word": "πορνεία"
    },
    {
      "english": "brothel",
      "roman": "porneîon",
      "word": "πορνεῖον"
    },
    {
      "english": "to prostitute oneself",
      "roman": "porneúō",
      "word": "πορνεύω"
    },
    {
      "english": "related to prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornikós",
      "word": "πορνικός"
    },
    {
      "english": "brothel-keeper",
      "roman": "pornoboskós",
      "word": "πορνοβοσκός"
    },
    {
      "english": "born of a prostitute",
      "roman": "pornogénnētos",
      "word": "πορνογέννητος"
    },
    {
      "english": "author writing about prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornográphos",
      "word": "πορνογράφος"
    },
    {
      "english": "teacher of fornication",
      "roman": "pornodidáskalos",
      "word": "πορνοδιδάσκαλος"
    },
    {
      "english": "customer of prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornokópos",
      "word": "πορνοκόπος"
    },
    {
      "english": "mad for prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornomanḗs",
      "word": "πορνομανής"
    },
    {
      "english": "prostitution",
      "roman": "pornosúnē",
      "word": "πορνοσύνη"
    },
    {
      "english": "customer of prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornótrips",
      "word": "πορνότριψ"
    },
    {
      "english": "lover of prostitutes",
      "roman": "pornophílēs",
      "word": "πορνοφίλης"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πόρνη",
            "g": "f",
            "gloss": "prostitute"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πόρνη f (pórni, “prostitute”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πόρνη f (pórni, “prostitute”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "պոռնիկ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)\nArmenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)\nArmenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to sell”), which also gave the verb πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “to sell”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pórnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορνίδιον",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 πόρνη",
      "roman": "hē pórnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πόρναι",
      "roman": "hai pórnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πόρνης",
      "roman": "tês pórnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόρναιν",
      "roman": "toîn pórnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πορνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn pornôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πόρνῃ",
      "roman": "têi pórnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόρναιν",
      "roman": "toîn pórnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πόρναις",
      "roman": "taîs pórnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πόρνην",
      "roman": "tḕn pórnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πόρνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pórnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνη",
      "roman": "pórnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρνᾱ",
      "roman": "pórnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρναι",
      "roman": "pórnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόρνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "dim": "πορνίδιον"
      },
      "expansion": "πόρνη • (pórnē) f (genitive πόρνης, diminutive πορνίδιον); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόρνη",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "male prostitute",
      "roman": "pórnos",
      "word": "πόρνος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "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 Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Occupations",
        "grc:People",
        "grc:Prostitution"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female prostitute, particularly a common whore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "whore",
          "whore"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρνη"
}

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