τρανής

See also: τρανῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρᾱνός (trānós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Alternatively, it could have secondary long -ᾱ- for *ē, in which case it derives from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /traː.nɛ̌ːs/ → /traˈnis/ → /traˈnis/

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

Adjective

τρᾱνής • (trānḗs) m or f (neuter τρᾱνές); third declension

1. clear, distinct

   Synonym: σᾰφής (saphḗs)

Declension

Third declension of τρᾱνής; τρᾱνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρᾱνής trānḗs	τρᾱνές trānés		τρᾱνεῖ trāneî	τρᾱνεῖ trāneî		τρᾱνεῖς trāneîs	τρᾱνῆ trānê
Genitive		τρᾱνοῦς trānoûs	τρᾱνοῦς trānoûs		τρᾱνοῖν trānoîn	τρᾱνοῖν trānoîn		τρᾱνῶν trānôn	τρᾱνῶν trānôn
Dative		τρᾱνεῖ trāneî	τρᾱνεῖ trāneî		τρᾱνοῖν trānoîn	τρᾱνοῖν trānoîn		τρᾱνέσῐ / τρᾱνέσῐν trānési(n)	τρᾱνέσῐ / τρᾱνέσῐν trānési(n)
Accusative		τρᾱνῆ trānê	τρᾱνές trānés		τρᾱνεῖ trāneî	τρᾱνεῖ trāneî		τρᾱνεῖς trāneîs	τρᾱνῆ trānê
Vocative		τρᾱνές trānés	τρᾱνές trānés		τρᾱνεῖ trāneî	τρᾱνεῖ trāneî		τρᾱνεῖς trāneîs	τρᾱνῆ trānê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τρᾱνῶς trānôs			τρᾱνέστερος trānésteros			τρᾱνέστᾰτος trānéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περῐ́τρᾱνος (perítrānos)
• τρᾱνοποιέω (trānopoiéō)
• τρᾱνότης (trānótēs)
• τρᾱνόω (trānóō)
• τρᾱ́νωμᾰ (trā́nōma)
• τρᾱνωτῐκός (trānōtikós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τρανός (tranós) through Hellenistic τρανός (tranós)

Further reading

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

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈnis/
• Hyphenation: τρα‧νής

Adjective

τρανής • (tranís)

1. Genitive feminine singular form of τρανός (tranós).