θρᾶνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
This word is often connected with θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”), together with θρῆνυς (thrênus, “footstool”). Recently, De Lamberterie has argued that θρόνος (thrónos) is a younger form of *θόρνος (*thórnos), comparing θόρναξ (thórnax, “footstool”), and reflecting the Indo-European root *dʰer- (“to hold”), but the existence of variants θόρν-/θρόν- could also be an indication of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrâː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰra.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθra.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθra.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθra.nos/
Noun
θρᾶνος • (thrânos) m (genitive θρᾱ́νου); second declension
- bench, long seat
- close-stool
- supporting beam made of wood
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θρᾶνος ho thrânos |
τὼ θρᾱ́νω tṑ thrā́nō |
οἱ θρᾶνοι hoi thrânoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θρᾱ́νου toû thrā́nou |
τοῖν θρᾱ́νοιν toîn thrā́noin |
τῶν θρᾱ́νων tôn thrā́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θρᾱ́νῳ tōî thrā́nōi |
τοῖν θρᾱ́νοιν toîn thrā́noin |
τοῖς θρᾱ́νοις toîs thrā́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θρᾶνον tòn thrânon |
τὼ θρᾱ́νω tṑ thrā́nō |
τοὺς θρᾱ́νους toùs thrā́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρᾶνε thrâne |
θρᾱ́νω thrā́nō |
θρᾶνοι thrânoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “θρᾶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θρᾶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θρᾶνος 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