θρανίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās), after the shape of the upper jaw.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰraˈni.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θraˈni.as/
Noun
θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (thrănĭ́ās) m (genitive θρᾰνῐ́ου); first declension
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: ξῐφῐ́ᾱς (xĭphĭ́ās)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho thrănĭ́ās |
τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thrănĭ́ā |
οἱ θρᾰνῐ́αι hoi thrănĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου toû thrănĭ́ou |
τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thrănĭ́ain |
τῶν θρᾰνῐῶν tôn thrănĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θρᾰνῐ́ᾳ tōî thrănĭ́āi |
τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thrănĭ́ain |
τοῖς θρᾰνῐ́αις toîs thrănĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θρᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn thrănĭ́ān |
τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thrănĭ́ā |
τοὺς θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς toùs thrănĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thrănĭ́ā |
θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thrănĭ́ā |
θρᾰνῐ́αι thrănĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θρανίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θρανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette