κήρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρός (kērós, “wax”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ri.nos/ → /ˈci.ri.nos/ → /ˈci.ri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ri.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.ri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/

Adjective

κήρῐνος • (kḗrĭnos) m (feminine κηρῐ́νη, neuter κήρῐνον); first/second declension

1. waxen
2. pliable as wax
3. wax coloured, pallid

Inflection

First and second declension of κήρῐνος; κηρῐ́νη; κήρῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κήρῐνος kḗrĭnos	κηρῐ́νη kērĭ́nē	κήρῐνον kḗrĭnon		κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērĭ́nā	κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō		κήρῐνοι kḗrĭnoi	κήρῐναι kḗrĭnai	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrĭnă
Genitive		κηρῐ́νου kērĭ́nou	κηρῐ́νης kērĭ́nēs	κηρῐ́νου kērĭ́nou		κηρῐ́νοιν kērĭ́noin	κηρῐ́ναιν kērĭ́nain	κηρῐ́νοιν kērĭ́noin		κηρῐ́νων kērĭ́nōn	κηρῐ́νων kērĭ́nōn	κηρῐ́νων kērĭ́nōn
Dative		κηρῐ́νῳ kērĭ́nōi	κηρῐ́νῃ kērĭ́nēi	κηρῐ́νῳ kērĭ́nōi		κηρῐ́νοιν kērĭ́noin	κηρῐ́ναιν kērĭ́nain	κηρῐ́νοιν kērĭ́noin		κηρῐ́νοις kērĭ́nois	κηρῐ́ναις kērĭ́nais	κηρῐ́νοις kērĭ́nois
Accusative		κήρῐνον kḗrĭnon	κηρῐ́νην kērĭ́nēn	κήρῐνον kḗrĭnon		κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērĭ́nā	κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō		κηρῐ́νους kērĭ́nous	κηρῐ́νᾱς kērĭ́nās	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrĭnă
Vocative		κήρῐνε kḗrĭne	κηρῐ́νη kērĭ́nē	κήρῐνον kḗrĭnon		κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō	κηρῐ́νᾱ kērĭ́nā	κηρῐ́νω kērĭ́nō		κήρῐνοι kḗrĭnoi	κήρῐναι kḗrĭnai	κήρῐνᾰ kḗrĭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κηρῐ́νως kērĭ́nōs				κηρῐνώτερος kērĭnṓteros				κηρῐνώτᾰτος kērĭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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