ἔρανος

See also: έρανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally grouped together with ἔροτις (érotis, “feast”) and ἑορτή (heortḗ, “feast, festival”), but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ra.nos/ → /ˈe.ra.nos/ → /ˈe.ra.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ra.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/

Noun

ἔρᾰνος • (éranos) m (genitive ἐρᾰ́νου); second declension

1. meal to which each contributed his share
2. (in general) feast, festival, banquet
3. loan raised by contributions for the benefit of an individual
4. favour, service, especially one which brings a return
5. permanent association apparently religious in character

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔρᾰνος; τοῦ ἐρᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔρᾰνος ho éranos	τὼ ἐρᾰ́νω tṑ eránō	οἱ ἔρᾰνοι hoi éranoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρᾰ́νου toû eránou	τοῖν ἐρᾰ́νοιν toîn eránoin	τῶν ἐρᾰ́νων tôn eránōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρᾰ́νῳ tôi eránōi	τοῖν ἐρᾰ́νοιν toîn eránoin	τοῖς ἐρᾰ́νοις toîs eránois
Accusative	τὸν ἔρᾰνον tòn éranon	τὼ ἐρᾰ́νω tṑ eránō	τοὺς ἐρᾰ́νους toùs eránous
Vocative	ἔρᾰνε érane	ἐρᾰ́νω eránō	ἔρᾰνοι éranoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχέρανος (arkhéranos)
• ἐρανάρχης (eranárkhēs)
• ἐρανέμπολος (eranémpolos)
• ἐρανεστάς (eranestás)
• ἐρανίζω (eranízō)
• ἐρανικός (eranikós)
• ἐράνιον (eránion)
• ἐράνισις (eránisis)
• ἐρανισμός (eranismós)
• ἐρανιστής (eranistḗs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: έρανος (éranos)

Further reading

• “ἔρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 449-450