κρουνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *krohnós, from Proto-Indo-European *kros-nós, from *kres- (“spring, fount”); cognate with Proto-Albanian *krāna (> modern Albanian krua). Related to κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring, well, fountain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kruː.nós/ → /kruˈnos/ → /kruˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kruː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kruˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kruˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kruˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kruˈnos/

Noun

κρουνός • (krounós) m (genitive κρουνοῦ); second declension

1. spring, wellhead, source of water

   Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), πηγή (pēgḗ), πῖδᾰξ (pîdax)

2. (figuratively) stream, torrent
3. watercourse
4. spout, nozzle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρουνός; τοῦ κρουνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρουνός ho krounós	τὼ κρουνώ tṑ krounṓ	οἱ κρουνοί hoi krounoí
Genitive	τοῦ κρουνοῦ toû krounoû	τοῖν κρουνοῖν toîn krounoîn	τῶν κρουνῶν tôn krounôn
Dative	τῷ κρουνῷ tôi krounôi	τοῖν κρουνοῖν toîn krounoîn	τοῖς κρουνοῖς toîs krounoîs
Accusative	τὸν κρουνόν tòn krounón	τὼ κρουνώ tṑ krounṓ	τοὺς κρουνούς toùs krounoús
Vocative	κρουνέ krouné	κρουνώ krounṓ	κρουνοί krounoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρουνεῖον (krouneîon)
• κρουνηδόν (krounēdón)
• κρουνίζω (krounízō)
• κρουνίον (krouníon)
• κρουνίσκος (krounískos)
• κρούνισμα (kroúnisma)
• κρουνισμάτιον (krounismátion)
• κρουνισμός (krounismós)
• κρουνίτης (krounítēs)
• κρούνωμα (kroúnōma)

 

References

• “κρουνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρουνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κρουνός 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