κήρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρός (kērós, “wax”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ri.nos/ → /ˈci.ri.nos/ → /ˈci.ri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ri.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.ri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/

Adjective

κήρῐνος • (kḗrinos) m (feminine κηρῐ́νη, neuter κήρῐνον); first/second declension

1. waxen
2. pliable as wax
3. wax coloured, pallid

Inflection

First and second declension of κήρῐνος; κηρῐ́νη; κήρῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κήρῐνος kḗrinos	κηρῐ́νη kērínē	κήρῐνον kḗrinon		κηρῐ́νω kērínō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā	κηρῐ́νω kērínō		κήρῐνοι kḗrinoi	κήρῐναι kḗrinai	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina
Genitive		κηρῐ́νου kērínou	κηρῐ́νης kērínēs	κηρῐ́νου kērínou		κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin	κηρῐ́ναιν kērínain	κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin		κηρῐ́νων kērínōn	κηρῐ́νων kērínōn	κηρῐ́νων kērínōn
Dative		κηρῐ́νῳ kērínōi	κηρῐ́νῃ kērínēi	κηρῐ́νῳ kērínōi		κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin	κηρῐ́ναιν kērínain	κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin		κηρῐ́νοις kērínois	κηρῐ́ναις kērínais	κηρῐ́νοις kērínois
Accusative		κήρῐνον kḗrinon	κηρῐ́νην kērínēn	κήρῐνον kḗrinon		κηρῐ́νω kērínō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā	κηρῐ́νω kērínō		κηρῐ́νους kērínous	κηρῐ́νᾱς kērínās	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina
Vocative		κήρῐνε kḗrine	κηρῐ́νη kērínē	κήρῐνον kḗrinon		κηρῐ́νω kērínō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā	κηρῐ́νω kērínō		κήρῐνοι kḗrinoi	κήρῐναι kḗrinai	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κηρῐ́νως kērínōs				κηρῐνώτερος kērinṓteros				κηρῐνώτᾰτος kērinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κήρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κήρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette