κραῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Pre-Greek variant of κράμβος (krámbos, “dry; loud, ringing”), with interchange ϝ/β and prenasalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krâu̯.ros/ → /ˈkra.βros/ → /ˈkra.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkraw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.vros/

Adjective

κραῦρος • (kraûros) m (feminine κραύρᾱ, neuter κραῦρον); first/second declension

1. brittle, friable, fragile

Inflection

First and second declension of κραῦρος; κραύρᾱ; κραῦρον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κραῦρος kraûros	κραύρᾱ kraúrā	κραῦρον kraûron		κραύρω kraúrō	κραύρᾱ kraúrā	κραύρω kraúrō		κραῦροι kraûroi	κραῦραι kraûrai	κραῦρᾰ kraûra
Genitive		κραύρου kraúrou	κραύρᾱς kraúrās	κραύρου kraúrou		κραύροιν kraúroin	κραύραιν kraúrain	κραύροιν kraúroin		κραύρων kraúrōn	κραύρων kraúrōn	κραύρων kraúrōn
Dative		κραύρῳ kraúrōi	κραύρᾳ kraúrāi	κραύρῳ kraúrōi		κραύροιν kraúroin	κραύραιν kraúrain	κραύροιν kraúroin		κραύροις kraúrois	κραύραις kraúrais	κραύροις kraúrois
Accusative		κραῦρον kraûron	κραύρᾱν kraúrān	κραῦρον kraûron		κραύρω kraúrō	κραύρᾱ kraúrā	κραύρω kraúrō		κραύρους kraúrous	κραύρᾱς kraúrās	κραῦρᾰ kraûra
Vocative		κραῦρε kraûre	κραύρᾱ kraúrā	κραῦρον kraûron		κραύρω kraúrō	κραύρᾱ kraúrā	κραύρω kraúrō		κραῦροι kraûroi	κραῦραι kraûrai	κραῦρᾰ kraûra
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κραύρως kraúrōs				κραυρότερος krauróteros				κραυρότᾰτος kraurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κραῦρα (kraûra)
• κραυράω (krauráō)
• κραυρόομαι (krauróomai)
• κραυρότης (kraurótēs)

 

Further reading

• “κραῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κραῦρος 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