ἀγρηνόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Strömberg, related to γρήνη (grḗnē, “mixed flowers”) with a prothetic vowel. A derivation from ἄγρα (ágra, “catch, prey”) is quite uncertain. Its origin is ultimately unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡrɛː.nón/ → /a.ɣriˈnon/ → /a.ɣriˈnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡrɛː.nón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡre̝ˈnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/

Noun

ἀγρηνόν • (agrēnón) n (genitive ἀγρηνοῦ); second declension

1. net-like woollen robe worn by Bacchanals and soothsayers

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀγρηνόν; τοῦ ἀγρηνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀγρηνόν tò agrēnón	τὼ ἀγρηνώ tṑ agrēnṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀγρηνᾰ́ tà agrēná
Genitive	τοῦ ἀγρηνοῦ toû agrēnoû	τοῖν ἀγρηνοῖν toîn agrēnoîn	τῶν ἀγρηνῶν tôn agrēnôn
Dative	τῷ ἀγρηνῷ tôi agrēnôi	τοῖν ἀγρηνοῖν toîn agrēnoîn	τοῖς ἀγρηνοῖς toîs agrēnoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἀγρηνόν tò agrēnón	τὼ ἀγρηνώ tṑ agrēnṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀγρηνᾰ́ tà agrēná
Vocative	ἀγρηνόν agrēnón	ἀγρηνώ agrēnṓ	ἀγρηνᾰ́ agrēná
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀγρηνόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγρηνόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγρηνόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α