The corpus record

πήνη

pene

spool with thread

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Distribution

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

Senses

1. πήνη · pēnē — Beekes

spool with thread

2. πήνη · pēnē — Chantraine

ἴ

3. πήνη · pēnē — Frisk

der auf die Spule gewickelte Faden des Einschlags, Gewebe

4. πήνη · pēnē — LSJ

thread on the bobbin

Attestations

πήναις · pēnais Euripides, Hecuba 2 (DIORISIS sentence 240)
πήναις · pēnais Euripides, Ion 1 (DIORISIS sentence 71)

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1237-1238; entry #4967 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 914; entry #6501 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1501-1502; entry #4633 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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