κερατωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κερᾱτών (kerātṓn, “made of horns”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”), potentially referring to the horn shape of the carob fruit. Compare κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōnĭ́ā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tɔː.ní.aː/ → /ce.ra.toˈni.a/ → /ce.ra.toˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.ra.toˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.ra.toˈni.a/

Noun

κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ • (kerātōnĭ́ā) f (genitive κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua

Declension

First declension of ἡ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ hē kerātōnĭ́ā	τὼ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātōnĭ́ā	αἱ κερᾱτωνῐ́αι hai kerātōnĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς tês kerātōnĭ́ās	τοῖν κερᾱτωνῐ́αιν toîn kerātōnĭ́ain	τῶν κερᾱτωνῐῶν tôn kerātōnĭôn
Dative	τῇ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾳ têi kerātōnĭ́āi	τοῖν κερᾱτωνῐ́αιν toîn kerātōnĭ́ain	ταῖς κερᾱτωνῐ́αις taîs kerātōnĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerātōnĭ́ān	τὼ κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātōnĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerātōnĭ́ās
Vocative	κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ kerātōnĭ́ā	κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ kerātōnĭ́ā	κερᾱτωνῐ́αι kerātōnĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōnĭ́ā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātĭ́ā), κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon)

Descendants

• Translingual: Ceratonia

References

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