γέρανος
See also: γερανός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-. Cognates include Old Armenian կռունկ (kṙunk), Latin grūs, and Old English cran (English crane).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.ra.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ra.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
Noun
γέρᾰνος • (géranos) m or f (genitive γερᾰ́νου); second declension
- a crane, Grus cinerea
- a crane (instrument for lifting)
- a type of dance
- a type of fish
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ γέρᾰνος ho, hē géranos |
τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ geránō |
οἱ, αἱ γέρᾰνοι hoi, hai géranoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς γερᾰ́νου toû, tês geránou |
τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn geránoin |
τῶν γερᾰ́νων tôn geránōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ γερᾰ́νῳ tôi, têi geránōi |
τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn geránoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς γερᾰ́νοις toîs, taîs geránois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν γέρᾰνον tòn, tḕn géranon |
τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ geránō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς γερᾰ́νους toùs, tā̀s geránous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γέρᾰνε gérane |
γερᾰ́νω geránō |
γέρᾰνοι géranoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γεράνιον (geránion)
- γερανίς (geranís)
- γερανῖτις (geranîtis)
References
- “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γέρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γέρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γέρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γέρανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crane idem, page 182.
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