κρίνον

Ancient Greek

Unknown; presumedly of foreign or substrate origin.

κρῐ́νον • (krínon) n (genitive κρῐ́νου); second declension

lily
- 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 6:28:
  καταμάθετε τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνουσιν· οὐ κοπιῶσιν οὐδὲ νήθουσιν·
  katamáthete tà krína toû agroû pôs auxánousin; ou kopiôsin oudè nḗthousin;
  See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

Declined as a second-declension noun in the singular, but as a third-declension s-stem (as if *κρίνος, κρίνεος) in the plural.

Singular:

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρῐ́νον tò krínon	τὼ κρῐ́νω tṑ krínō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́νᾰ tà krína
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐ́νου toû krínou	τοῖν κρῐ́νοιν toîn krínoin	τῶν κρῐ́νων tôn krínōn
Dative	τῷ κρῐ́νῳ tôi krínōi	τοῖν κρῐ́νοιν toîn krínoin	τοῖς κρῐ́νοις toîs krínois
Accusative	τὸ κρῐ́νον tò krínon	τὼ κρῐ́νω tṑ krínō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́νᾰ tà krína
Vocative	κρῐ́νον krínon	κρῐ́νω krínō	κρῐ́νᾰ krína
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Plural:

Third declension of τᾰ̀ κρῐ́νεᾰ; τῶν κρῐνέων (Ionic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́νεᾰ tà krínea
Genitive	τῶν κρῐνέων tôn krinéōn
Dative	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κρῐ́νεσῐ / κρῐ́νεσῐν toîsi(n) krínesi(n)
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́νεᾰ tà krínea
Vocative	κρῐ́νεᾰ krínea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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