Κράνιοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from κράνιον, κράνειον 'cherrywood'?”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.ni.oi̯/ → /ˈkra.ni.y/ → /ˈkra.ni.i/

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

Proper noun

Κράνῐοι • (Kránioi) m (genitive Κρανῐ́ων); second declension

1. Cranii, Cephallenia, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Κράνῐοι; τῶν Κρανῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Κράνῐοι hoi Kránioi
Genitive	τῶν Κρανῐ́ων tôn Kraníōn
Dative	τοῖς Κρανῐ́οις toîs Kraníois
Accusative	τοὺς Κρανῐ́ους toùs Kraníous
Vocative	Κράνῐοι Kránioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Craniī

Further reading

• Κράνιοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette