Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λακάνη ‎(lakánē) (Koine)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /lekáni/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lekáni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lekáni/

Noun

λεκάνη • ‎(lekánē) f ‎(genitive λεκάνης); first declension

1. dish, pot, pan, basin

Inflection

References

• λεκάνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λεκάνη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «λεκάνη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • charger idem, page 125.
  • dish idem, page 234.
  • plate idem, page 618.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

λεκάνη • ‎(lekáni) f ‎(plural λεκάνες)

1. (anatomy) pelvis (bone).
2. basin (An area of water that drains into a river)
3. any large bowl
4. toilet bowl, toilet pan

Declension

Derived terms

• λεκάνη απορροής f ‎(lekáni aporroís, “drainage basin”)

See also

• αποχωρητήριο m ‎(apochoritírio, “toilet, WC”)
• τουαλέτα f ‎(toualéta, “toilet, WC”)