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κέρνος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The noun has tentatively been linked to other Indo-European words, such as κέραμος (kéramos, clay, tile), Sanskrit चरु (caru, pot, saucepan), Latin scrīnium (chest), Old English hwer (kettle, pot, basin), but to no avail. According to Beekes and Chantraine the word is Pre-Greek, in view of the variant κέρχνος (kérkhnos)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κέρνος (kérnosn (genitive κέρνεος); third declension

  1. large earthen dish with small pots, in which fruits were offered to the Korybantes

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: kernos

Further reading

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