κάρνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Gaulish carnon (“horn”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. From the same root are κέρας (kéras, “horn”), κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) and κάρηνον (kárēnon, “head; mountain top”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kár.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
Noun
κᾰ́ρνον • (kárnon) n (genitive κᾰ́ρνου); second declension
- Gallic horn, a wind instrument used by Celts
- kind of cart
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρνον; τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon | τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου toû kárnou | τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin | τῶν κᾰ́ρνων tôn kárnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰ́ρνῳ tôi kárnōi | τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin | τοῖς κᾰ́ρνοις toîs kárnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon | τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́ρνον kárnon | κᾰ́ρνω kárnō | κᾰ́ρνᾰ kárna | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- κάρνον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press