κράνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κράνος (krános)

Etymology

Beekes suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *krno-, a root shared also by Latin cornus (“cornel”) and possibly Lithuanian Kirnis (“a god who protects cherries”). A Mediterranean substrate origin is also possible, which has to be assumed for κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry tree”) in any case.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.non/ → /ˈkra.non/ → /ˈkra.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.non/

Noun

κράνον • (kránon) n (genitive κράνου); second declension

1. cornel (Cornus mas)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρᾰ́νον; τοῦ κρᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρᾰ́νον tò kránon	τὼ κρᾰ́νω tṑ kránō	τᾰ̀ κρᾰ́νᾰ tà krána
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾰ́νου toû kránou	τοῖν κρᾰ́νοιν toîn kránoin	τῶν κρᾰ́νων tôn kránōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾰ́νῳ tôi kránōi	τοῖν κρᾰ́νοιν toîn kránoin	τοῖς κρᾰ́νοις toîs kránois
Accusative	τὸ κρᾰ́νον tò kránon	τὼ κρᾰ́νω tṑ kránō	τᾰ̀ κρᾰ́νᾰ tà krána
Vocative	κρᾰ́νον kránon	κρᾰ́νω kránō	κρᾰ́νᾰ krána
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κράνεια (kráneia)
• κρανέϊνος (kranéïnos)
• κράνειον (kráneion)
• κρανοκολάπτης (kranokoláptēs)
• μελαγκρανίς (melankranís)

 

Further reading

• “κράνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κράνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κράνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN