κρημνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally considered an old verbal noun from κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”), however Beekes finds this impossible and leaves the etymology unexplained. Since a root-final -α- would be expected, and landscape terms are often borrowed from substrate languages, the word is probably Pre-Greek. The suffix -(ᾱ)μν-ο- (-(ā)mn-o-) is also considered Pre-Greek by Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krɛːm.nós/ → /krimˈnos/ → /krimˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛːm.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kre̝mˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krimˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /krimˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /krimˈnos/

Noun

κρημνός • (krēmnós) m (genitive κρημνοῦ); second declension

1. overhanging bank of a river; edge of a trench
2. beetling cliff, crag, precipice

   Synonym: ἐρῐ́πνη (erĭ́pnē)

3. (in the plural) (medicine) edges of an ulcer
4. (anatomy) labia

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρημνός; τοῦ κρημνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρημνός ho krēmnós	τὼ κρημνώ tṑ krēmnṓ	οἱ κρημνοί hoi krēmnoí
Genitive	τοῦ κρημνοῦ toû krēmnoû	τοῖν κρημνοῖν toîn krēmnoîn	τῶν κρημνῶν tôn krēmnôn
Dative	τῷ κρημνῷ tôi krēmnôi	τοῖν κρημνοῖν toîn krēmnoîn	τοῖς κρημνοῖς toîs krēmnoîs
Accusative	τὸν κρημνόν tòn krēmnón	τὼ κρημνώ tṑ krēmnṓ	τοὺς κρημνούς toùs krēmnoús
Vocative	κρημνέ krēmné	κρημνώ krēmnṓ	κρημνοί krēmnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀπόκρημνο (apókrēmno)
• βαθύκρημνος (bathúkrēmnos)
• ἱππόκρημνος (hippókrēmnos)
• κρημνίζω (krēmnízō)
• κρήμνισις (krḗmnisis)
• κρημνισμός (krēmnismós)
• κρημνοφοβέομαι (krēmnophobéomai)
• κρημνώδης (krēmnṓdēs)
• ῠ̔ψηλόκρημνος (hŭpsēlókrēmnos)

Further reading

• “κρημνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρημνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κρημνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós). Sense in surgery, a free translation of French lambeau. See more at γκρεμός (gkremós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈmnos/
• Hyphenation: κρη‧μνός

Noun

κρημνός • (krimnós) m (plural κρημνοί)

1. (learned) formal, learned form of γκρεμός (gkremós)
2. (surgery) flap (attached tissue used during plastic surgery)

Declension

Declension of κρημνός

	singular	plural
nominative	κρημνός (krimnós)	κρημνοί (krimnoí)
genitive	κρημνού (krimnoú)	κρημνών (krimnón)
accusative	κρημνό (krimnó)	κρημνούς (krimnoús)
vocative	κρημνέ (krimné)	κρημνοί (krimnoí)

Related terms

• see: γκρεμός (gkremós)

Further reading

• Words with -κρημνός - Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003). Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής. The Reverse Index of Modern Greek @greek-language.gr