ἄττανα

ἄττανα

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: τήγανα [`frying pan']. καὶ πλακοῦς ὁ ἐπ' αὑτῶν σκευαζόμενος H.

Derivatives: ἀττανίδες πλακοῦντες, ἔνθρυπτοι H. Further ἀττανίτης `a cake', beside τηγανίτης (Hippon.) and ταγηνίτης (Ath.); s. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 87f. and Lambertz, Glotta 6, 4 n. 5.

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Unknown. Because of the form in Hippon., Kretschmer (Glotta 11, 1921, 282f) supposed that the word was Anatolian; s. Masson Hippon. 119. Ernout, Philologica 1, 28 = BSL 30, 1930, 92 compares atena, adtanus, atanuuium, atanulus, cups for religious service, which he considers Etruscan (but the Greek words are not cups). So Anatolian?

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