δεῖνα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=ὁ ([[ἡ]], [[τό]])<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">N. N., so-and-so</b> (Att.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">τοῦ δεῖνος</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δεῖνες</b> etc., sometimes indecl. <b class="b3">τοῦ δεῖνα</b> (more forms in Schwyzer 612), always with article<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The explanation from plur. <b class="b3">*τάδε ἔνα</b> (cf. [[ἐκεῖνος]]) <b class="b2">this (and) that</b> > <b class="b3">*ταδεῖνα</b>, with anal. <b class="b3">ὁ δεῖνα</b> is now given up. The singular forms are much more usual than the plural forms. - S. Belardi, Doxa 3, 202f., Moorhouse Lang. 23 (1947) 207ff. Biraud, Nomina rerum 57-69: [[de]] + <b class="b2">en-α</b> <b class="b2">so-und-so</b>.