γραῦς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *grāū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s, from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡrâu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡraʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣraɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣrafs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣrafs/
Noun
editγραῦς • (graûs) f (genitive γρᾱός); third declension
- an old woman
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γραῦς hē graûs |
τὼ γρᾶε tṑ grâe |
αἱ γρᾶες hai grâes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γρᾱός tês grāós |
τοῖν γρᾱοῖν toîn grāoîn |
τῶν γρᾱῶν tôn grāôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γρᾱΐ têi grāḯ |
τοῖν γρᾱοῖν toîn grāoîn |
ταῖς γραυσῐ́ / γραυσῐ́ν taîs grausí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γραῦν tḕn graûn |
τὼ γρᾶε tṑ grâe |
τᾱ̀ς γραῦς tā̀s graûs | ||||||||||
Vocative | γραῦ graû |
γρᾶε grâe |
γρᾶες grâes | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
edit- γέρων (gérōn)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γραῦς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
Further reading
edit- “γραῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γραῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γραῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γραῦς 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.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek perispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek irregular nouns
- grc:Age
- grc:Female people