κάρηνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κάρανον (káranon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-es-n-h₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head top”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”) and Old Armenian սար (sar, “tip, top; mountain”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κάρηνον • (kárēnon) n (genitive κάρηνου); second declension

  1. head; mountain top (used mostly in the plural form)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρηνον; τοῦ κᾰρήνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κᾰ́ρηνον
tò kárēnon		 τὼ κᾰρήνω
tṑ karḗnō		 τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρηνᾰ
tà kárēna
Genitive τοῦ κᾰρήνου
toû karḗnou		 τοῖν κᾰρήνοιν
toîn karḗnoin		 τῶν κᾰρήνων
tôn karḗnōn
Dative τῷ κᾰρήνῳ
tôi karḗnōi		 τοῖν κᾰρήνοιν
toîn karḗnoin		 τοῖς κᾰρήνοις
toîs karḗnois
Accusative τὸ κᾰ́ρηνον
tò kárēnon		 τὼ κᾰρήνω
tṑ karḗnō		 τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρηνᾰ
tà kárēna
Vocative κᾰ́ρηνον
kárēnon		 κᾰρήνω
karḗnō		 κᾰ́ρηνᾰ
kárēna
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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