κερατωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κερᾱτών (kerātṓn, “made of horns”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”), potentially referring to the horn shape of the carob fruit. Compare κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tɔː.ní.aː/ → /ce.ra.toˈni.a/ → /ce.ra.toˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.ra.toˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/

Noun

κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ • (kerātōníā) f (genitive κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua

Declension

First declension of ἡ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ hē kerātōníā	τὼ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātōníā	αἱ κερᾱτωνῐ́αι hai kerātōníai
Genitive	τῆς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς tês kerātōníās	τοῖν κερᾱτωνῐ́αιν toîn kerātōníain	τῶν κερᾱτωνῐῶν tôn kerātōniôn
Dative	τῇ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾳ têi kerātōníāi	τοῖν κερᾱτωνῐ́αιν toîn kerātōníain	ταῖς κερᾱτωνῐ́αις taîs kerātōníais
Accusative	τὴν κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerātōníān	τὼ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātōníā	τᾱ̀ς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerātōníās
Vocative	κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ kerātōníā	κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ kerātōníā	κερᾱτωνῐ́αι kerātōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātíā), κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion)

Descendants

• Translingual: Ceratonia

References

• “κερατωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κερατωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette