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φάτνη

phatne

crib, manger

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What it meant

1. φάτνη · phatnē — Beekes

φάτνη [f.] ‘crib, manger’ (Il.), ‘depression, coffer in a coffered ceiling, coffer’ (Hell. inscr.), ‘tooth socket’ (Poll.), name of a star in the constellation Cancer, beside the “Ovot (Thphr.). eVAR Late also πάθνη. *DER 1. Diminutive gatviov [n.] ‘tooth socket, gums’ (late medic., Ph.), name of a star = φάτνη (Hephaest.). 2. Verbs: a. gatv-evw [v.] ‘to feed at the manger’ (late), -ίζομαι (ἐκ-) ‘to be fed at … — [Beekes, s.v. φάτνη, p. 1609]

2. φάτνη · phatnē — Chantraine

φάτνη : ἡ. 1. +mangeoire, crèche», usuel depuis Homère ; s'emploie à propos de chevaux (1|., etc.), de vaches (Od., etc.), de chiens (Luc., etc.) et, péjorativement, à propos d'hommes (Eub., Æl.,); 2. «lambris, caisson » de plafond (inscr. 1r1° 8. av., etc.) ; 3. « alvéole » d'une dent (Poll.) ; 4. la « Crèche » (Thphr., Arat., etc.), amas d'étoiles se trouvant au centre de la constellation du Cancer avec les deux + … — [Chantraine, s.v. φάτνη, p. 1202]

3. φάτνη · phatnē — Frisk

φάτνη, spät auch πάϑνη (s.u.) f. ‘Krippe? (seit Il.), “Vertiefung, Fach in einer Felderdecke, Kassette’ (hell. Inschr.), ‘Zahnhöhle’ (Poll.), N. eines Einzelsterns im Sternbild des Krebses (neben den Ὄνοι, Thphr.; Scherer Gestirnnamen 124). — Davon 1. Demin. garv-iov n. ‘Zahnhöhle, Zahnfleisch’ (sp. Mediz., Ph.), N. eincs Sterns = φάτνη (Hephaest.). 2. Verba: a. φατν-εὔω “anı der Krippe füttern’ (sp.), -iLoua: (Ex-) … — [Frisk, s.v. φάτνη, p. 1969]

4. φάτν-η · phatn-ē — LSJ

manger, crib, manger

manger, crib, [ἵππους] ἀτίταλλʼ ἐπὶ φάτνῃ Il. 5.271; ἵππος ἀκοστήσας ἐπὶ φ. 6.506; ἵππους μὲν κατέδησαν . . φάτνῃ ἐφʼ ἱππείῃ 10.568; ἐϋξέστῃ ἐπὶ φ. 24.280; ἡ φ. τῶν ἵππων Hdt. 9.70, cf. E. Ba. 510 (pl.), X. Cyr. 3.3.27 (pl.), Ev.Luc. 2.7, al.; φάτναι Ζηνός, of the manger of Pegasus, Pi. O. 13.92: also of oxen, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φ. Od. 4.535, 11.411.

2 haunts

βοῦς ἐπὶ φ., proverb. of ease and comfort, Philostr. Im. 2.10; also πλουσίαν ἔχειν φ. E. Fr. 378; φάτναις ἀργυραῖς χρῆσθαι Str. 3.2.14; ἡ ἐν τῇ φ. κύων ‘the dog in the manger’, Luc. Tim. 14, cf. AP 12.236 (Strat.); θεραπεύειν τὴν φ. τινός to court one who feeds you, Ael. Fr. 107; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οἱονεὶ φ. ἐδηδοκότας ib. 39: τὴν αὐτὴν φ. ζητεῖν to return to their old haunts, Eub. 129.

II

= φάτνωμα I, IG ΙΙ(2).161 A 46 (Delos, iii B. C.): pl., ib. 42(1).109 iii 85, al. (Epid., iii B. C.), D.S. 1.66.

III socket of tooth

socket of tooth, Poll. 2.93.

IV Manger

the Manger, name of the nebula (star-cluster) between the ὄνοι in Cancer, Thphr. Sign. 23, al., Arat. 892, 898, Eratosth. Cat. 11, Ptol. Tetr. 23. (Later Gr. πάθνη acc. to Moer., but φάτνη in Attic and Delian Inscrr., IG 2(2).1487.37, 11(2) l.c., Inscr. Délos 504 A 6, B 9: bhndh, cf. Skt. badhnāti ‘tie’, Celt. benn ‘wicker chariot’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. φάτνη (scan p. 1609; entry #6344).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. φάτνη (scan p. 1202; entry #8386).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. φάτνη (scan pp. 1969-1970; entry #5901).

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