κράδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. It is uncertain whether this word is the origin of κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”) or if it is the opposite. Traditionally connected to Latin cardō (“hinge, pivot”), but this remains hypothetical.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.dɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.de̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/

Noun

κρᾰ́δη • (krắdē) f (genitive κρᾰ́δης); first declension

(botany) quivering spray at the end of a branch, especially of fig trees
(in general) branch, fig-branch
fig tree
Synonym: σῡκέᾱ (sūkéā)
diseased formation of small shoots in trees
scenic contrivance for exhibiting actors in comedy, sort of crane
Synonym: μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρᾰ́δη; τῆς κρᾰ́δης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρᾰ́δη hē krắdē	τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krắdā	αἱ κρᾰ́δαι hai krắdai
Genitive	τῆς κρᾰ́δης tês krắdēs	τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krắdain	τῶν κρᾰδῶν tôn krădôn
Dative	τῇ κρᾰ́δῃ têi krắdēi	τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krắdain	ταῖς κρᾰ́δαις taîs krắdais
Accusative	τὴν κρᾰ́δην tḕn krắdēn	τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krắdā	τᾱ̀ς κρᾰ́δᾱς tā̀s krắdās
Vocative	κρᾰ́δη krắdē	κρᾰ́δᾱ krắdā	κρᾰ́δαι krắdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κρᾰδηφορῐ́ᾱ (krădēphorĭ́ā)
κρᾰδῐαῖος (krădĭaîos)
κρᾰδῐ́ᾰς (krădĭ́ăs)
κρᾰδοπώλης (krădopṓlēs)
κρᾰδοφᾰ́γος (krădophắgos)

“κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κράδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN