γρυνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γρουνός (grounós)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡryː.nós/ → /ɣryˈnos/ → /ɣriˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡryː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡryˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣryˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣryˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣriˈnos/

Noun

γρῡνός • (grūnós) m (genitive γρῡνοῦ); second declension

1. faggot, bundle of sticks
2. torch, firebrand

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γρῡνός; τοῦ γρῡνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γρῡνός ho grūnós	τὼ γρῡνώ tṑ grūnṓ	οἱ γρῡνοί hoi grūnoí
Genitive	τοῦ γρῡνοῦ toû grūnoû	τοῖν γρῡνοῖν toîn grūnoîn	τῶν γρῡνῶν tôn grūnôn
Dative	τῷ γρῡνῷ tôi grūnôi	τοῖν γρῡνοῖν toîn grūnoîn	τοῖς γρῡνοῖς toîs grūnoîs
Accusative	τὸν γρῡνόν tòn grūnón	τὼ γρῡνώ tṑ grūnṓ	τοὺς γρῡνούς toùs grūnoús
Vocative	γρῡνέ grūné	γρῡνώ grūnṓ	γρῡνοί grūnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γρυνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γρυνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γρυνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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