θρανίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās), after the shape of the upper jaw.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/ → /θraˈni.as/ → /θraˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰraˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/

Noun

θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (thrănĭ́ās) m (genitive θρᾰνῐ́ου); first declension

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: ξῐφῐ́ᾱς (xĭphĭ́ās)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho thrănĭ́ās	τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thrănĭ́ā	οἱ θρᾰνῐ́αι hoi thrănĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου toû thrănĭ́ou	τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thrănĭ́ain	τῶν θρᾰνῐῶν tôn thrănĭôn
Dative	τῷ θρᾰνῐ́ᾳ tôi thrănĭ́āi	τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thrănĭ́ain	τοῖς θρᾰνῐ́αις toîs thrănĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν θρᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn thrănĭ́ān	τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thrănĭ́ā	τοὺς θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς toùs thrănĭ́ās
Vocative	θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thrănĭ́ā	θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thrănĭ́ā	θρᾰνῐ́αι thrănĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θρανίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θρανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette