κραγγών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κράγγη (krángē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin and not related to Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kraŋ.ɡɔ̌ːn/ → /kraŋˈɡon/ → /kraŋˈɡon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kraŋ.ɡɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kraŋˈɡon/

Noun

κραγγών • (krangṓn) m (genitive κραγγῶνος); third declension

1. A kind of shrimp, mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κραγγών; τοῦ κραγγῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κραγγών ho krangṓn	τὼ κραγγῶνε tṑ krangône	οἱ κραγγῶνες hoi krangônes
Genitive	τοῦ κραγγῶνος toû krangônos	τοῖν κραγγώνοιν toîn krangṓnoin	τῶν κραγγώνων tôn krangṓnōn
Dative	τῷ κραγγῶνῐ tôi krangôni	τοῖν κραγγώνοιν toîn krangṓnoin	τοῖς κραγγῶσῐ / κραγγῶσῐν toîs krangôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κραγγῶνᾰ tòn krangôna	τὼ κραγγῶνε tṑ krangône	τοὺς κραγγῶνᾰς toùs krangônas
Vocative	κραγγών krangṓn	κραγγῶνε krangône	κραγγῶνες krangônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• καρίς (karís)

Further reading

• “κραγγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κραγγών 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