κάρνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Gaulish carnon (“horn”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. From the same root are κέρας (kéras, “horn”), κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) and κάρηνον (kárēnon, “head; mountain top”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.non/ → /ˈkar.non/ → /ˈkar.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/

Noun

κᾰ́ρνον • (kắrnon) n (genitive κᾰ́ρνου); second declension

1. Gallic horn, a wind instrument used by Celts
2. kind of cart

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρνον; τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kắrnon	τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kắrnō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tằ kắrnă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου toû kắrnou	τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kắrnoin	τῶν κᾰ́ρνων tôn kắrnōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρνῳ tôi kắrnōi	τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kắrnoin	τοῖς κᾰ́ρνοις toîs kắrnois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kắrnon	τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kắrnō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tằ kắrnă
Vocative	κᾰ́ρνον kắrnon	κᾰ́ρνω kắrnō	κᾰ́ρνᾰ kắrnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press