κορακῖνος
See also: κοράκινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόραξ (kórax, “raven”) + -ῖνος (-înos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.ra.kîː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.raˈki.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.raˈci.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.raˈci.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.raˈci.nos/
Noun
κορᾰκῖνος • (korăkînos) m (genitive κορᾰκῑ́νου); second declension
- young raven
- kind of fish found in the Nile
- Synonyms: πλατίστακος (platístakos), σαπέρδης (sapérdēs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κορᾰκῖνος ho korăkînos |
τὼ κορᾰκῑ́νω tṑ korăkī́nō |
οἱ κορᾰκῖνοι hoi korăkînoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κορᾰκῑ́νου toû korăkī́nou |
τοῖν κορᾰκῑ́νοιν toîn korăkī́noin |
τῶν κορᾰκῑ́νων tôn korăkī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κορᾰκῑ́νῳ tōî korăkī́nōi |
τοῖν κορᾰκῑ́νοιν toîn korăkī́noin |
τοῖς κορᾰκῑ́νοις toîs korăkī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κορᾰκῖνον tòn korăkînon |
τὼ κορᾰκῑ́νω tṑ korăkī́nō |
τοὺς κορᾰκῑ́νους toùs korăkī́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κορᾰκῖνε korăkîne |
κορᾰκῑ́νω korăkī́nō |
κορᾰκῖνοι korăkînoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: coracīnus
Further reading
- “κορακῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κορακῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette