κάρνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Gaulish carnon (“horn”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. From the same root are κέρας (kéras, “horn”), κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) and κάρηνον (kárēnon, “head; mountain top”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kár.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
Noun
κᾰ́ρνον • (kắrnon) n (genitive κᾰ́ρνου); second declension
- Gallic horn, a wind instrument used by Celts
- kind of cart
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kắrnon |
τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kắrnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tằ kắrnă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου toû kắrnou |
τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kắrnoin |
τῶν κᾰ́ρνων tôn kắrnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰ́ρνῳ tōî kắrnōi |
τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kắrnoin |
τοῖς κᾰ́ρνοις toîs kắrnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kắrnon |
τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kắrnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tằ kắrnă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́ρνον kắrnon |
κᾰ́ρνω kắrnō |
κᾰ́ρνᾰ kắrnă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press