θρᾶνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This word is often connected with θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”), together with θρῆνυς (thrênus, “footstool”). Recently, De Lamberterie has argued that θρόνος (thrónos) is a younger form of *θόρνος (*thórnos), comparing θόρναξ (thórnax, “footstool”), and reflecting the Indo-European root *dʰer- (“to hold”), but the existence of variants θόρν-/θρόν- could also be an indication of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrâː.nos/ → /ˈθra.nos/ → /ˈθra.nos/

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

Noun

θρᾶνος • (thrânos) m (genitive θρᾱνου); second declension

1. bench, long seat
2. close-stool
3. supporting beam made of wood

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θρᾶνος; τοῦ θρᾱ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρᾶνος ho thrânos	τὼ θρᾱ́νω tṑ thrā́nō	οἱ θρᾶνοι hoi thrânoi
Genitive	τοῦ θρᾱ́νου toû thrā́nou	τοῖν θρᾱ́νοιν toîn thrā́noin	τῶν θρᾱ́νων tôn thrā́nōn
Dative	τῷ θρᾱ́νῳ tôi thrā́nōi	τοῖν θρᾱ́νοιν toîn thrā́noin	τοῖς θρᾱ́νοις toîs thrā́nois
Accusative	τὸν θρᾶνον tòn thrânon	τὼ θρᾱ́νω tṑ thrā́nō	τοὺς θρᾱ́νους toùs thrā́nous
Vocative	θρᾶνε thrâne	θρᾱ́νω thrā́nō	θρᾶνοι thrânoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θρανεύομαι (thraneúomai)
• θρανίας (thranías)
• θρανίδιον (thranídion)
• θρανίον (thraníon)
• θρανίς (thranís)
• θρανίτης (thranítēs)
• θρανιτικός (thranitikós)

 

Further reading

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