γνώμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) +‎ -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡnɔ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /ˈɣno.mon/ → /ˈɣno.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡnɔ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡno.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣno.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣno.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣno.mon/

Noun

γνώμων • (gnṓmōn) m (genitive γνώμονος); third declension

1. interpreter, discerner
2. carpenter's square
3. sundial
4. (geometry) gnomon

Declension

Third declension of ὁ γνώμων; τοῦ γνώμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γνώμων ho gnṓmōn	τὼ γνώμονε tṑ gnṓmone	οἱ γνώμονες hoi gnṓmones
Genitive	τοῦ γνώμονος toû gnṓmonos	τοῖν γνωμόνοιν toîn gnōmónoin	τῶν γνωμόνων tôn gnōmónōn
Dative	τῷ γνώμονῐ tôi gnṓmoni	τοῖν γνωμόνοιν toîn gnōmónoin	τοῖς γνώμοσῐ / γνώμοσῐν toîs gnṓmosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γνώμονᾰ tòn gnṓmona	τὼ γνώμονε tṑ gnṓmone	τοὺς γνώμονᾰς toùs gnṓmonas
Vocative	γνῶμον gnômon	γνώμονε gnṓmone	γνώμονες gnṓmones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: gnomon (or via Latin or a descendant thereof)
• Greek: γνώμονας (gnómonas)
• → Latin: gnōmōn (see there for further descendants)
• → Latin: norma (via Etruscan) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “γνώμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γνώμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γνώμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνώμων 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.
  • judge idem, page 465.
  • sundial idem, page 838.