κερωνία

Ancient Greek

From κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), potentially referring to the horn shape of the carob fruit. Compare κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōnĭ́ā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātĭ́ā).

κερωνῐ́ᾱ • (kerōnĭ́ā) f (genitive κερωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερωνῐ́ᾱ hē kerōnĭ́ā	τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōnĭ́ā	αἱ κερωνῐ́αι hai kerōnĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tês kerōnĭ́ās	τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōnĭ́ain	τῶν κερωνῐῶν tôn kerōnĭôn
Dative	τῇ κερωνῐ́ᾳ tēî kerōnĭ́āi	τοῖν κερωνῐ́αιν toîn kerōnĭ́ain	ταῖς κερωνῐ́αις taîs kerōnĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν κερωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerōnĭ́ān	τὼ κερωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerōnĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς κερωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerōnĭ́ās
Vocative	κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōnĭ́ā	κερωνῐ́ᾱ kerōnĭ́ā	κερωνῐ́αι kerōnĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

(carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōnĭ́ā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā), κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ (kerātĭ́ā), κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon)

“κερωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κερωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette