κερωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), potentially referring to the horn shape of the carob fruit. Compare κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.rɔː.ní.aː/ → /ce.roˈni.a/ → /ce.roˈni.a/

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

Noun

κερωνῐ́ᾱ • (kerōníā) f (genitive κερωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative form of κερατωνία (keratōnía)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ hē kerōníā	τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōníā	αἱ κερωνῐ́αι hai kerōníai
Genitive	τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tês kerōníās	τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōníain	τῶν κερωνῐῶν tôn kerōniôn
Dative	τῇ κερωνῐ́ᾳ têi kerōníāi	τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōníain	ταῖς κερωνῐ́αις taîs kerōníais
Accusative	τὴν κερωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerōníān	τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōníā	τᾱ̀ς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerōníās
Vocative	κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōníā	κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōníā	κερωνῐ́αι kerōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātíā), κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion)

References

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