κήρινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛ̌ː.ri.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke̝.ri.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ri.nos/
Adjective
κήρῐνος • (kḗrinos) m (feminine κηρῐ́νη, neuter κήρῐνον); first/second declension
- waxen
- pliable as wax
- wax coloured, pallid
Inflection
First and second declension of κήρῐνος; κηρῐ́νη; κήρῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κήρῐνος kḗrinos | κηρῐ́νη kērínē | κήρῐνον kḗrinon | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κήρῐνοι kḗrinoi | κήρῐναι kḗrinai | κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina | |||||
Genitive | κηρῐ́νου kērínou | κηρῐ́νης kērínēs | κηρῐ́νου kērínou | κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin | κηρῐ́ναιν kērínain | κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin | κηρῐ́νων kērínōn | κηρῐ́νων kērínōn | κηρῐ́νων kērínōn | |||||
Dative | κηρῐ́νῳ kērínōi | κηρῐ́νῃ kērínēi | κηρῐ́νῳ kērínōi | κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin | κηρῐ́ναιν kērínain | κηρῐ́νοιν kērínoin | κηρῐ́νοις kērínois | κηρῐ́ναις kērínais | κηρῐ́νοις kērínois | |||||
Accusative | κήρῐνον kḗrinon | κηρῐ́νην kērínēn | κήρῐνον kḗrinon | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κηρῐ́νους kērínous | κηρῐ́νᾱς kērínās | κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina | |||||
Vocative | κήρῐνε kḗrine | κηρῐ́νη kērínē | κήρῐνον kḗrinon | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κηρῐ́νᾱ kērínā | κηρῐ́νω kērínō | κήρῐνοι kḗrinoi | κήρῐναι kḗrinai | κήρῐνᾰ kḗrina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κηρῐ́νως kērínōs | κηρῐνώτερος kērinṓteros | κηρῐνώτᾰτος kērinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κήρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κήρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette