γέρανος
See also: γερανός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-. Cognates include Old Armenian կռունկ (kṙunk), Latin grūs, and Old English cran (English crane).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.ra.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ra.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ra.nos/
Noun
γέρᾰνος • (gérănos) m or f (genitive γερᾰ́νου); second declension
- a crane, Grus cinerea
- a crane (instrument for lifting)
- a type of dance
- a type of fish
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ γέρᾰνος ho / hē gérănos |
τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ gerắnō |
οἱ / αἱ γέρᾰνοι hoi / hai gérănoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς γερᾰ́νου toû / tês gerắnou |
τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn gerắnoin |
τῶν γερᾰ́νων tôn gerắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ γερᾰ́νῳ tōî / tēî gerắnōi |
τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn gerắnoin |
τοῖς / ταῖς γερᾰ́νοις toîs / taîs gerắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν γέρᾰνον tòn / tḕn gérănon |
τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ gerắnō |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς γερᾰ́νους toùs / tā̀s gerắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γέρᾰνε gérăne |
γερᾰ́νω gerắnō |
γέρᾰνοι gérănoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γεράνιον (geránion)
- γερανίς (geranís)
- γερανῖτις (geranîtis)
References
- “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γέρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γέρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γέρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γέρανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crane idem, page 182.