κράδη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. It is uncertain whether this word is the origin of κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”) or if it is the opposite. Traditionally connected to Latin cardō (“hinge, pivot”), but this remains hypothetical.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krá.dɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkra.de̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
Noun edit
κρᾰ́δη • (krádē) f (genitive κρᾰ́δης); first declension
- (botany) quivering spray at the end of a branch, especially of fig trees
- (in general) branch, fig-branch
- fig tree
- Synonym: σῡκέᾱ (sūkéā)
- diseased formation of small shoots in trees
- scenic contrivance for exhibiting actors in comedy, sort of crane
- Synonym: μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ)
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κρᾰ́δη hē krádē |
τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā |
αἱ κρᾰ́δαι hai krádai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κρᾰ́δης tês krádēs |
τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain |
τῶν κρᾰδῶν tôn kradôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κρᾰ́δῃ têi krádēi |
τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain |
ταῖς κρᾰ́δαις taîs krádais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κρᾰ́δην tḕn krádēn |
τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā |
τᾱ̀ς κρᾰ́δᾱς tā̀s krádās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρᾰ́δη krádē |
κρᾰ́δᾱ krádā |
κρᾰ́δαι krádai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- κρᾰδηφορῐ́ᾱ (kradēphoríā)
- κρᾰδοπώλης (kradopṓlēs)
- κρᾰδοφᾰ́γος (kradophágos)
- κρᾰδῐαῖος (kradiaîos)
- κρᾰδῐ́ᾰς (kradías)
Further reading edit
- “κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κράδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN