πρανής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρηνής (prēnḗs) — Ionic

Etymology

Cannot be separated from ἀπηνής (apēnḗs, “stubborn, strict”) and προσηνής (prosēnḗs, “soft, gentle”), so it may contain Proto-Indo-European *ēnos (“face”). See also Latin prōnus (“prone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /praː.nɛ̌ːs/ → /praˈnis/ → /praˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /praː.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈnis/

Adjective

πρᾱνής • (prānḗs) m or f (neuter πρᾱνές); third declension

1. prone, with the face downwards, lying on the front

   Antonym: ὕπτιος (húptios)

Inflection

Third declension of πρᾱνής; πρᾱνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρᾱνής prānḗs	πρᾱνές prānés		πρᾱνεῖ prāneî	πρᾱνεῖ prāneî		πρᾱνεῖς prāneîs	πρᾱνῆ prānê
Genitive		πρᾱνοῦς prānoûs	πρᾱνοῦς prānoûs		πρᾱνοῖν prānoîn	πρᾱνοῖν prānoîn		πρᾱνῶν prānôn	πρᾱνῶν prānôn
Dative		πρᾱνεῖ prāneî	πρᾱνεῖ prāneî		πρᾱνοῖν prānoîn	πρᾱνοῖν prānoîn		πρᾱνέσῐ / πρᾱνέσῐν prānési(n)	πρᾱνέσῐ / πρᾱνέσῐν prānési(n)
Accusative		πρᾱνῆ prānê	πρᾱνές prānés		πρᾱνεῖ prāneî	πρᾱνεῖ prāneî		πρᾱνεῖς prāneîs	πρᾱνῆ prānê
Vocative		πρᾱνές prānés	πρᾱνές prānés		πρᾱνεῖ prāneî	πρᾱνεῖ prāneî		πρᾱνεῖς prāneîs	πρᾱνῆ prānê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πρᾱνῶς prānôs			πρᾱνέστερος prānésteros			πρᾱνέστᾰτος prānéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιπράνης (epipránēs)
• καταπρανής (katapranḗs)
• πρανίζω (pranízō)
• πρανόν (pranón)
• πρανόω (pranóō)
• προπρανής (propranḗs)

 

Further reading

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