κάρρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάρρος m (kárrhos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carrum, neuter of carrus (see the variant κάρρος m (kárrhos)), itself from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Also see the Italian carro.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/ → /ˈka.ron/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ron/

Noun

κάρρον • (kárrhon) n (genitive κάρρου); second declension (Koine)

1. car, cart

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρρον; τοῦ κᾰ́ρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρρον tò kắrrhon	τὼ κᾰ́ρρω tṑ kắrrhō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρρᾰ tằ kắrrhă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρρου toû kắrrhou	τοῖν κᾰ́ρροιν toîn kắrrhoin	τῶν κᾰ́ρρων tôn kắrrhōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρρῳ tôi kắrrhōi	τοῖν κᾰ́ρροιν toîn kắrrhoin	τοῖς κᾰ́ρροις toîs kắrrhois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρρον tò kắrrhon	τὼ κᾰ́ρρω tṑ kắrrhō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρρᾰ tằ kắrrhă
Vocative	κᾰ́ρρον kắrrhon	κᾰ́ρρω kắrrhō	κᾰ́ρρᾰ kắrrhă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καρρικός (karrhikós)
• καρροπηγός (karrhopēgós)
• καρροποιός (karrhopoiós)

Descendants

• > Greek: κάρο n (káro) (inherited)

Further reading

• κάρρον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κάρρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press