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ἰπν-ός

ipnos

furnace

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What it meant

1. ἱπνός · hipnos — Beekes

ἱπνός [m.] ‘furnace’, also ‘kitchen’ and ‘lantern’ (IA). *DIAL Myc. i-po-no. «COMP ἱπνο-πιλάθος ‘oven-maker’ (P1.), "Eg-mvoc: Ζεὺς ἐν Χίῳ ‘Zeus in Chios’ (H.). *DER Diminutive inviov (medic.); invwv (Delos III*), inwwv (Gortyn) ‘kitchen’ ἰπνίτης (ἄρτος) ‘bread baked in an oven’ (Hp.); inwoc ‘belonging to an oven’, inva τὰ καθάρματα tod invod ‘the offscourings from an oven’ (H.) … — [Beekes, s.v. ἱπνός, p. 643]

2. ἱπνός · hipnos — Chantraine

ἱπνός : « four, fourneau » (Hdt., Hp., Ar., ete.) « cuisine » {Semon., Ar.) ; le mycénien ipono désignerait un four (7), cf. Baumbach Siudies 168. Quelques composés : ἱπνοκοδόμαν * τὴν φρύκτριαν. Κρῆτες (Hsch.), cf. κοδομεύς, xoSou, ἰπνο-καῆς, -λέθης, -πλάθος « celui qui façonne un fourneau en terre» (PL, Tht. 147 a) ou -πλάθης m. (Poll., Harp.), ou -πλάστης (Gal.). "E-urvoc * Ζεὺς ἐν Χίῳ (Hsch.). Dérivés : irviov … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἱπνός, p. 481]

3. ἰπν-ός · ipn-os — LSJ

oven, furnace

oven, furnace, Hdt. 5.92.ηʹ, Hp. Morb. 2.47, Antiph. 176.4, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 2.54a, Archestr. Fr. 46; esp. for heating water for the bath, Ar. V. 139, Av. 437 (ῐπν-).

II the place of the oven, the kitchen

the place of the oven, i.e. the kitchen, Semon. 7.61, Ar. V. 837, Lycurg. Fr. 73.

III lantern

lantern, Ar. Pax 841, Pl. 815, SIG 1027.13 (Cos, 1v/iii B.C.), Ael. NA 2.8.

IV dunghill, privy

= κοπρών, dunghill, privy, Ar. Fr. 353, Hsch. (Prob. cogn. with Engl. oven.)

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