κίτρινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κίτρον (kítron, “citron tree”) + -ῐνος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kí.tri.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈki.tri.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.tri.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.tri.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.tri.nos/
Adjective
κῐ́τρῐνος • (kítrinos) m (feminine κῐτρῐ́νη, neuter κῐ́τρῐνον); first/second declension
- (Koine) of the citron tree
- (Koine) of a citron yellow
Inflection
First and second declension of κῐ́τρῐνος; κῐτρῐ́νη; κῐ́τρῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κῐ́τρῐνος kítrinos | κῐτρῐ́νη kitrínē | κῐ́τρῐνον kítrinon | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐτρῐ́νᾱ kitrínā | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐ́τρῐνοι kítrinoi | κῐ́τρῐναι kítrinai | κῐ́τρῐνᾰ kítrina | |||||
Genitive | κῐτρῐ́νου kitrínou | κῐτρῐ́νης kitrínēs | κῐτρῐ́νου kitrínou | κῐτρῐ́νοιν kitrínoin | κῐτρῐ́ναιν kitrínain | κῐτρῐ́νοιν kitrínoin | κῐτρῐ́νων kitrínōn | κῐτρῐ́νων kitrínōn | κῐτρῐ́νων kitrínōn | |||||
Dative | κῐτρῐ́νῳ kitrínōi | κῐτρῐ́νῃ kitrínēi | κῐτρῐ́νῳ kitrínōi | κῐτρῐ́νοιν kitrínoin | κῐτρῐ́ναιν kitrínain | κῐτρῐ́νοιν kitrínoin | κῐτρῐ́νοις kitrínois | κῐτρῐ́ναις kitrínais | κῐτρῐ́νοις kitrínois | |||||
Accusative | κῐ́τρῐνον kítrinon | κῐτρῐ́νην kitrínēn | κῐ́τρῐνον kítrinon | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐτρῐ́νᾱ kitrínā | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐτρῐ́νους kitrínous | κῐτρῐ́νᾱς kitrínās | κῐ́τρῐνᾰ kítrina | |||||
Vocative | κῐ́τρῐνε kítrine | κῐτρῐ́νη kitrínē | κῐ́τρῐνον kítrinon | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐτρῐ́νᾱ kitrínā | κῐτρῐ́νω kitrínō | κῐ́τρῐνοι kítrinoi | κῐ́τρῐναι kítrinai | κῐ́τρῐνᾰ kítrina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κῐτρῐ́νως kitrínōs | κῐτρῐνώτερος kitrinṓteros | κῐτρῐνώτᾰτος kitrinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κιτρινοειδής (kitrinoeidḗs)
- κίτρινον (kítrinon)
Descendants
- Greek: κίτρινος (kítrinos)
Further reading
- “κίτρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κίτρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek κίτρινος (kítrinos) (or simply from κίτρο (kítro) with the adjectival suffix -ινος (-inos)), from κίτρον (kítron), from Latin citrus, citrum, itself probably via Etruscan ultimately from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).
Adjective
κίτρινος • (kítrinos) m (feminine κίτρινη, neuter κίτρινο)
- (color) yellow
- pale, pallid
Declension
Declension of κίτρινος
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | κίτρινος • | κίτρινη • | κίτρινο • | κίτρινοι • | κίτρινες • | κίτρινα • |
genitive | κίτρινου • | κίτρινης • | κίτρινου • | κίτρινων • | κίτρινων • | κίτρινων • |
accusative | κίτρινο • | κίτρινη • | κίτρινο • | κίτρινους • | κίτρινες • | κίτρινα • |
vocative | κίτρινε • | κίτρινη • | κίτρινο • | κίτρινοι • | κίτρινες • | κίτρινα • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κίτρινος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κίτρινος, etc.) |
Related terms
- κίτρινο n (kítrino, “yellow”, noun)
- κίτρινη κάρτα f (kítrini kárta, “yellow card”)