Ancient Greek

Noun

πόρνη • ‎(pórnē) f ‎(genitive πόρνης); first declension

1. female prostitute

Inflection

Related terms

• πόρνος ‎(pórnos)

Descendants

• Greek: πόρνη f ‎(pórni, “prostitute”)

References

• πόρνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πόρνη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «πόρνη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G4204”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • harlot idem, page 386.
  • prostitute idem, page 653.
  • strumpet idem, page 828.
  • whore idem, page 978.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ni/
• Hyphenation: πόρ‧νη

Noun

πόρνη • ‎(pórni) f

1. harlot; prostitute; whore
2. opprobrious designation

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

See also

• παλλακίδα ‎(pallakída, “concubine, mistress”)