"ῥυκάνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ῥυκάνη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥y.ká.nɛː/, /ryˈka.ni/, /riˈka.ni/, /r̥y.ká.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ryˈka.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ryˈka.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ryˈka.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /riˈka.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The formation is similar to σκαπάνη (skapánē), δρεπάνη (drepánē) and other instrument names, but the root is unknown. The word has been connected to Sanskrit स्रुच् (sruc, “sort of large wooden ladle”), but this fails to account for the meaning. A Pre-Greek origin is certainly a possibility for this word. Etymology templates: {{cog|sa|स्रुच्||sort of large wooden ladle}} Sanskrit स्रुच् (sruc, “sort of large wooden ladle”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῥῠκᾰ́νη|ῥῠκᾰ́νης|f|first}} ῥῠκᾰ́νη • (rhŭkắnē) f (genitive ῥῠκᾰ́νης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῥῠκᾰ́νη|ης}} Forms: ῥῠκᾰ́νη [canonical], rhŭkắnē [romanization], ῥῠκᾰ́νης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ῥῠκᾰ́νη [nominative, singular], ῥῠκᾰ́νᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ῥῠκᾰ́ναι [nominative, plural], τῆς ῥῠκᾰ́νης [genitive, singular], ῥῠκᾰ́ναιν [dual, genitive], ῥῠκᾰνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ῥῠκᾰ́νῃ [dative, singular], ῥῠκᾰ́ναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ῥῠκᾰ́ναις [dative, plural], τὴν ῥῠκᾰ́νην [accusative, singular], ῥῠκᾰ́νᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ῥῠκᾰ́νᾱς [accusative, plural], ῥῠκᾰ́νη [singular, vocative], ῥῠκᾰ́νᾱ [dual, vocative], ῥῠκᾰ́ναι [plural, vocative]
  1. plane, a tool for smoothing wood Derived forms: ῥυκάνησις (rhukánēsis), ῥυκανίζω (rhukanízō)
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: runcīna",
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      "text": "→ Latin: runcīna"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "word": "ῥυκανίζω"
        }
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          "smooth",
          "smooth"
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          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
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    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ni/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/riˈka.ni/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/r̥y.ká.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/riˈka.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "ῥυκάνησις"
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      "word": "ῥυκανίζω"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "singular"
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      "form": "αἱ ῥῠκᾰ́ναι",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ῥῠκᾰνῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ῥῠκᾰ́νῃ",
      "roman": "têi rhŭkắnēi",
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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      "roman": "taîs rhŭkắnais",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "dual"
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        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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          "smooth",
          "smooth"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/riˈka.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥y.ká.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ryˈka.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/riˈka.ni/",
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    }
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}

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