κρείων
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *krāhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). Earlier comparisons with Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “beauty”) are semantically and phonologically problematic.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krěː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.on/
Noun
[edit]κρείων • (kreíōn) m (genitive κρείοντος); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κρείων ho kreíōn |
τὼ κρείοντε tṑ kreíonte |
οἱ κρείοντες hoi kreíontes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κρείοντος toû kreíontos |
τοῖν κρειόντοιν toîn kreióntoin |
τῶν κρειόντων tôn kreióntōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κρείοντῐ tôi kreíonti |
τοῖν κρειόντοιν toîn kreióntoin |
τοῖς κρείουσῐ / κρείουσῐν toîs kreíousi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κρείοντᾰ tòn kreíonta |
τὼ κρείοντε tṑ kreíonte |
τοὺς κρείοντᾰς toùs kreíontas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρεῖον kreîon |
κρείοντε kreíonte |
κρείοντες kreíontes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- κρείουσᾰ (kreíousa)
References
[edit]- ^ van Beek, Lucien. 2014. Homeric κρείων 'lord' and the Indo-European word for 'head'. Indogermanische Forschungen 119, pp. 99–123.
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