"τέμενος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /té.me.nos/, /ˈte.me.nos/, /ˈte.me.nos/, /té.me.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte.me.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈte.me.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈte.me.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈte.me.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *témenos, from Proto-Indo-European *témh₁nos, from *temh₁- (“to cut”); whence τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀕𐀜 (te-me-no). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*témenos}} Proto-Hellenic *témenos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*témh₁nos}} Proto-Indo-European *témh₁nos, {{m|ine-pro|*temh₁-||to cut}} *temh₁- (“to cut”), {{m|grc|τέμνω||I cut}} τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”), {{cog|gmy|𐀳𐀕𐀜}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀕𐀜 (te-me-no) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τεμένους|n|third}} τέμενος • (témenos) n (genitive τεμένους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τέμενος|ένους}} Forms: témenos [romanization], τεμένους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ τέμενος [nominative, singular], τὼ τεμένει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τεμένη [nominative, plural], τοῦ τεμένους [genitive, singular], τοῖν τεμενοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν τεμενῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ τεμένει [dative, singular], τοῖν τεμενοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς τεμένεσῐ [dative, plural], τεμένεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs teménesi [dative, plural], toîs teménesin [dative, plural], τὸ τέμενος [accusative, singular], τὼ τεμένει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τεμένη [accusative, plural], τέμενος [singular, vocative], τεμένει [dual, vocative], τεμένη [plural, vocative]
  1. a piece of ground cut or marked off, precinct
    Sense id: en-τέμενος-grc-noun-qHMRxy-i Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 66 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 79 21
  2. a sacred enclosure
    Sense id: en-τέμενος-grc-noun-ohfEVBEi

Inflected forms

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