θρανίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās), after the shape of the upper jaw.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰraˈni.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
Noun
θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (thraníās) m (genitive θρᾰνῐ́ου); first declension
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: ξῐφῐ́ᾱς (xiphíās)
Inflection
First declension of ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho thraníās | τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thraníā | οἱ θρᾰνῐ́αι hoi thraníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου toû thraníou | τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thraníain | τῶν θρᾰνῐῶν tôn thraniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θρᾰνῐ́ᾳ tôi thraníāi | θρᾰνῐ́αιν thraníain | τοῖς θρᾰνῐ́αις toîs thraníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θρᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn thraníān | θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thraníā | τοὺς θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς toùs thraníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thraníā | θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thraníā | θρᾰνῐ́αι thraníai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- θρανίας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θρανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette