"ἐσσήν" meaning in Ancient Greek

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "essēneúō",
      "word": "ἐσσηνεύω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "essēnía",
      "word": "ἐσσηνία"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-ana",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anatolian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The ending -ήν is found also in βαλλήν (ballḗn, “king”) and κηφήν (kēphḗn, “drone”): this leads Beekes to think of an Anatolian and Pre-Greek origin. The meaning \"king-bee\" perhaps arose because of a supposed connection with ἑσμός (hesmós, “swarm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "essḗn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἐσσήν",
      "roman": "ho essḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἐσσῆνες",
      "roman": "hoi essênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἐσσῆνος",
      "roman": "toû essênos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐσσήνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn essḗnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐσσήνων",
      "roman": "tôn essḗnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἐσσῆνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi essêni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐσσήνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn essḗnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἐσσῆσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs essêsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs essêsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἐσσῆνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn essêna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἐσσῆνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs essênas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσήν",
      "roman": "essḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνες",
      "roman": "essênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐσσῆνος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐσσήν • (essḗn) m (genitive ἐσσῆνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐσσήν",
        "2": "ἐσσῆνος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "grc:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "grc:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest of Artemis of Ephesus"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἐσσήν-grc-noun-xyjp54As",
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "Artemis",
          "Artemis"
        ],
        [
          "Ephesus",
          "Ephesus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) priest of Artemis of Ephesus"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "king, prince, properly \"king-bee\""
      ],
      "id": "en-ἐσσήν-grc-noun-CjlCeKur",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈsin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈse̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈsin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐσσήν"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Anatolian languages",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "grc:Insects"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "essēneúō",
      "word": "ἐσσηνεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "essēnía",
      "word": "ἐσσηνία"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-ana",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anatolian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The ending -ήν is found also in βαλλήν (ballḗn, “king”) and κηφήν (kēphḗn, “drone”): this leads Beekes to think of an Anatolian and Pre-Greek origin. The meaning \"king-bee\" perhaps arose because of a supposed connection with ἑσμός (hesmós, “swarm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "essḗn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἐσσήν",
      "roman": "ho essḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἐσσῆνες",
      "roman": "hoi essênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἐσσῆνος",
      "roman": "toû essênos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐσσήνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn essḗnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἐσσήνων",
      "roman": "tôn essḗnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἐσσῆνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi essêni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐσσήνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn essḗnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἐσσῆσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs essêsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs essêsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἐσσῆνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn essêna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἐσσῆνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs essênas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσήν",
      "roman": "essḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνε",
      "roman": "essêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐσσῆνες",
      "roman": "essênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐσσῆνος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐσσήν • (essḗn) m (genitive ἐσσῆνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἐσσήν",
        "2": "ἐσσῆνος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest of Artemis of Ephesus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "Artemis",
          "Artemis"
        ],
        [
          "Ephesus",
          "Ephesus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) priest of Artemis of Ephesus"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "king, prince, properly \"king-bee\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈsin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈse̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈsin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈsin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐσσήν"
}