Κάρραι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár̥.r̥ai̯/ → /ˈkar.rɛ/ → /ˈka.re/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár̥.r̥ai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.rɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.rɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.re/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.re/

Proper noun

Κάρραι • (Kárrhai) f pl (genitive Καρρῶν); first declension

1. Carrhae; Harran, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κᾰ́ρραι; τῶν Κᾰρρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κᾰ́ρραι hai Kárrhai
Genitive	τῶν Κᾰρρῶν tôn Karrhôn
Dative	ταῖς Κᾰ́ρραις taîs Kárrhais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κᾰ́ρρᾱς tā̀s Kárrhās
Vocative	Κᾰ́ρραι Kárrhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κάρρες (Kárres)
• → Latin: Carrhae

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005