γέρανος

See also: γερανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-. Cognates include Old Armenian կռունկ (kṙunk), Latin grūs, and Old English cran (English crane).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.ra.nos/ → /ˈʝe.ra.nos/ → /ˈʝe.ra.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.ra.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ra.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/

Noun

γέρᾰνος • (géranos) m or f (genitive γερᾰ́νου); second declension

1. a crane, Grus cinerea
2. a crane (instrument for lifting)
3. a type of dance
4. a type of fish

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ γέρᾰνος; τοῦ, τῆς γερᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ γέρᾰνος ho, hē géranos	τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ geránō	οἱ, αἱ γέρᾰνοι hoi, hai géranoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς γερᾰ́νου toû, tês geránou	τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn geránoin	τῶν γερᾰ́νων tôn geránōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ γερᾰ́νῳ tôi, têi geránōi	τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn geránoin	τοῖς, ταῖς γερᾰ́νοις toîs, taîs geránois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν γέρᾰνον tòn, tḕn géranon	τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ geránō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς γερᾰ́νους toùs, tā̀s geránous
Vocative	γέρᾰνε gérane	γερᾰ́νω geránō	γέρᾰνοι géranoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γεράνιον (geránion)
• γερανίς (geranís)
• γερανῖτις (geranîtis)

 

References

• “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γέρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γέρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γέρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γέρανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • crane idem, page 182.