κερωνία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), potentially referring to the horn shape of the carob fruit. Compare κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.rɔː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke.roˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ce.roˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce.roˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce.roˈni.a/
Noun
κερωνῐ́ᾱ • (kerōníā) f (genitive κερωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Alternative form of κερατωνία (keratōnía)
Declension
First declension of ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ hē kerōníā | τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōníā | αἱ κερωνῐ́αι hai kerōníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tês kerōníās | τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōníain | τῶν κερωνῐῶν tôn kerōniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κερωνῐ́ᾳ têi kerōníāi | τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōníain | ταῖς κερωνῐ́αις taîs kerōníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κερωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerōníān | τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōníā | τᾱ̀ς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerōníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōníā | κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōníā | κερωνῐ́αι kerōníai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātíā), κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion)
References
- “κερωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κερωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette