κορωνός
See also: Κόρωνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognates include Latin curvus, Old Irish cruind, and Proto-Slavic *krivъ (Russian кривой (krivoj)). See also κορώνη (korṓnē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.rɔː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.roˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.roˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.roˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.roˈnos/
Adjective
κορωνός • (korōnós) m (feminine κορωνή, neuter κορωνόν); first/second declension
- curved, crooked
Inflection
First and second declension of κορωνός; κορωνή; κορωνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κορωνός korōnós | κορωνή korōnḗ | κορωνόν korōnón | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνᾱ́ korōnā́ | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνοί korōnoí | κορωναί korōnaí | κορωνᾰ́ korōná | |||||
Genitive | κορωνοῦ korōnoû | κορωνῆς korōnês | κορωνοῦ korōnoû | κορωνοῖν korōnoîn | κορωναῖν korōnaîn | κορωνοῖν korōnoîn | κορωνῶν korōnôn | κορωνῶν korōnôn | κορωνῶν korōnôn | |||||
Dative | κορωνῷ korōnôi | κορωνῇ korōnêi | κορωνῷ korōnôi | κορωνοῖν korōnoîn | κορωναῖν korōnaîn | κορωνοῖν korōnoîn | κορωνοῖς korōnoîs | κορωναῖς korōnaîs | κορωνοῖς korōnoîs | |||||
Accusative | κορωνόν korōnón | κορωνήν korōnḗn | κορωνόν korōnón | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνᾱ́ korōnā́ | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνούς korōnoús | κορωνᾱ́ς korōnā́s | κορωνᾰ́ korōná | |||||
Vocative | κορωνέ korōné | κορωνή korōnḗ | κορωνόν korōnón | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνᾱ́ korōnā́ | κορωνώ korōnṓ | κορωνοί korōnoí | κορωναί korōnaí | κορωνᾰ́ korōná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κορωνῶς korōnôs | κορωνότερος korōnóteros | κορωνότᾰτος korōnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- κορωνός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κορωνός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κορωνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette