- πατάνη
- πατάνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `(flat) dish' (Sophr. 13, Poll.).Other forms: Dor. -ᾱ. -ον n. `id.' (Poll. v.l., H.).Compounds: As 1. member in πατάν-εψις name of the (cooked in) eel (Epich. 211).Derivatives: Dimin. -ιον n., -ίων m. name of a cock (com. IVa).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation like λεκάνη, οὑράνη a.o. Has been connected with Lat. patera f. `flat drinking dish', perh. with old r-n-change, which is assumed in Hitt. pattar, dat. loc. paddan-i (from there Lyc. patara); meaning however not quite certain: `tablet?', `basket? Other hypothesis in Ernout-Meillet s.v. Diff. on pattar Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 56 f. -- Hardly a verbal noun of πετάννυμι (then for *πετάνᾱ with assim.?). -- Because of Sicil. βατάνη André 83, 93 considers Illyr. origin. Loan in Lat. patina (?). - Rather Pre-Greek with Furnée 149, who connects πέταχνον\/πάτ- Cf. the words cited above.Page in Frisk: 2,480
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.