ἀγρηνόν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Strömberg, related to γρήνη (grḗnē, “mixed flowers”) with a prothetic vowel. A derivation from ἄγρα (ágra, “catch, prey”) is quite uncertain. Its origin is ultimately unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡrɛː.nón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡre̝ˈnon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣriˈnon/
Noun
ἀγρηνόν • (agrēnón) n (genitive ἀγρηνοῦ); second declension
- net-like woollen robe worn by Bacchanals and soothsayers
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀγρηνόν; τοῦ ἀγρηνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀγρηνόν tò agrēnón | τὼ ἀγρηνώ tṑ agrēnṓ | τᾰ̀ ἀγρηνᾰ́ tà agrēná | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀγρηνοῦ toû agrēnoû | τοῖν ἀγρηνοῖν toîn agrēnoîn | τῶν ἀγρηνῶν tôn agrēnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀγρηνῷ tôi agrēnôi | τοῖν ἀγρηνοῖν toîn agrēnoîn | τοῖς ἀγρηνοῖς toîs agrēnoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀγρηνόν tò agrēnón | τὼ ἀγρηνώ tṑ agrēnṓ | τᾰ̀ ἀγρηνᾰ́ tà agrēná | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγρηνόν agrēnón | ἀγρηνώ agrēnṓ | ἀγρηνᾰ́ agrēná | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀγρηνόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγρηνόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀγρηνόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α