κράδη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. It is uncertain whether this word is the origin of κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”) or if it is the opposite. Traditionally connected to Latin cardō (“hinge, pivot”), but this remains hypothetical.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krá.dɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkra.de̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkra.ði/
Noun
κρᾰ́δη • (krádē) f (genitive κρᾰ́δης); first declension
- (botany) quivering spray at the end of a branch, especially of fig trees
- (in general) branch, fig-branch
- fig tree
- Synonym: σῡκέᾱ (sūkéā)
- diseased formation of small shoots in trees
- scenic contrivance for exhibiting actors in comedy, sort of crane
- Synonym: μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κρᾰ́δη; τῆς κρᾰ́δης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κρᾰ́δη hē krádē | τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā | αἱ κρᾰ́δαι hai krádai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κρᾰ́δης tês krádēs | τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain | τῶν κρᾰδῶν tôn kradôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κρᾰ́δῃ têi krádēi | τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain | ταῖς κρᾰ́δαις taîs krádais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κρᾰ́δην tḕn krádēn | τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā | τᾱ̀ς κρᾰ́δᾱς tā̀s krádās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρᾰ́δη krádē | κρᾰ́δᾱ krádā | κρᾰ́δαι krádai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κρᾰδηφορῐ́ᾱ (kradēphoríā)
- κρᾰδῐαῖος (kradiaîos)
- κρᾰδῐ́ᾰς (kradías)
- κρᾰδοπώλης (kradopṓlēs)
- κρᾰδοφᾰ́γος (kradophágos)
Further reading
- “κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κράδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κράδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN