1. λεκάνη · lekanē — Beekes
The corpus record
λεκάν-η
lekane
basin, dish
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Where it lives
- Birds 3 · 2.82/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6 · 0.56/10k
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
2. λεκάνη · lekanē — Chantraine
3. Λεκάνη · Lekanē — Chantraine
4. λεκάνη · lekanē — Frisk
5. λεκάν-η · lekan-ē — LSJ
dish, pot, pan, Ar. Nu. 907, V. 600, al., PGrenf. 1.14 (ii B.C.), etc.; basin, IG 42(1).122.57 (Epid., iv B.C.); hod, Ar. Av. 840, 1143, IG 2(2).1672.184; cf. λακάνη:—Dim. λεκαν-ίδιον, τό, Poll. 10.84, Eust. 1402.16:
λεκάνιον, τό, Ar. Ach. 1110, Polyzel. 4, Orib. Fr. 88, v.l. in X. Cyr. 1.3.4:
λεκανίς, ίδος, ἡ, Ar. Fr. 805, Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.828a, Luc. Am. 39:
λεκανίσκη, ἡ, Ar. Fr. 805, Telecl. 1.11. (Perh. fr. Bab. lahannu.)
In the wild
- λεκάνας · lekanas Aristophanes, Birds 1145 (DIORISIS sentence 842)
- λεκάνην · lekanēn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 634)
- λεκάναισι · lekanaisi Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 839)
- λεκάνην · lekanēn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 737)
- λεκάνης · lekanēs Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 433)
- λεκάνῃ · lekanēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3241)
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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