ἔρανος

See also: έρανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally grouped together with ἔροτις (érotis, “feast”) and ἑορτή (heortḗ, “feast, festival”), but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ra.nos/ → /ˈe.ra.nos/ → /ˈe.ra.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ra.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra.nos/

Noun

ἔρᾰνος • (érănos) m (genitive ἐρᾰ́νου); second declension

1. meal to which each contributed his share
2. (in general) feast, festival, banquet
3. loan raised by contributions for the benefit of an individual
4. favour, service, especially one which brings a return
5. permanent association apparently religious in character

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔρᾰνος; τοῦ ἐρᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔρᾰνος ho érănos	τὼ ἐρᾰ́νω tṑ erắnō	οἱ ἔρᾰνοι hoi érănoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρᾰ́νου toû erắnou	τοῖν ἐρᾰ́νοιν toîn erắnoin	τῶν ἐρᾰ́νων tôn erắnōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρᾰ́νῳ tôi erắnōi	τοῖν ἐρᾰ́νοιν toîn erắnoin	τοῖς ἐρᾰ́νοις toîs erắnois
Accusative	τὸν ἔρᾰνον tòn érănon	τὼ ἐρᾰ́νω tṑ erắnō	τοὺς ἐρᾰ́νους toùs erắnous
Vocative	ἔρᾰνε érăne	ἐρᾰ́νω erắnō	ἔρᾰνοι érănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχέρανος (arkhéranos)
• ἐρανάρχης (eranárkhēs)
• ἐρανέμπολος (eranémpolos)
• ἐρανεστάς (eranestás)
• ἐρανίζω (eranízō)
• ἐρανικός (eranikós)
• ἐράνιον (eránion)
• ἐράνισις (eránisis)
• ἐρανισμός (eranismós)
• ἐρανιστής (eranistḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: έρανος (éranos)

Further reading

• “ἔρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 449-450