κοίρανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker-. Direct cognate with Old Norse Herjann, from the same root as Old English here, Middle Irish cuire.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǒi̯.ra.nos/ → /ˈcy.ra.nos/ → /ˈci.ra.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǒi̯.ra.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ra.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ra.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ra.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ra.nos/

Noun

κοίρᾰνος • (koíranos) m (genitive κοιρᾰ́νου); second declension

1. king, ruler, leader, commander
2. lord, master

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κοίρᾰνος; τοῦ κοιρᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοίρᾰνος ho koíranos	τὼ κοιρᾰ́νω tṑ koiránō	οἱ κοίρᾰνοι hoi koíranoi
Genitive	τοῦ κοιρᾰ́νου toû koiránou	τοῖν κοιρᾰ́νοιν toîn koiránoin	τῶν κοιρᾰ́νων tôn koiránōn
Dative	τῷ κοιρᾰ́νῳ tôi koiránōi	τοῖν κοιρᾰ́νοιν toîn koiránoin	τοῖς κοιρᾰ́νοις toîs koiránois
Accusative	τὸν κοίρᾰνον tòn koíranon	τὼ κοιρᾰ́νω tṑ koiránō	τοὺς κοιρᾰ́νους toùs koiránous
Vocative	κοίρᾰνε koírane	κοιρᾰ́νω koiránō	κοίρᾰνοι koíranoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κοιρανέω (koiranéō)

References

• “κοίρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοίρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κοίρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κοίρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κοίρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κοίρανος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • king idem, page 469.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • ruler idem, page 726.