κρήδεμνον

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 28 October 2019

κράς (krás, “head”, poetic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ (kắrā)) +‎ δέω (déō, “to tie”).

κρήδεμνον • (krḗdemnon) n (genitive κρηδέμνου); second declension

A veil or headscarf worn by women, keeping together three items of ornamental hair binding: ἄμπυξ (ámpux, “frontlet”), κεκρύφαλος (kekrúphalos, “hairnet, snood”) and ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē, “headband”)^[1]^[2]
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.22
(figurative) the edge or the top of city walls
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.16
(figurative) the top covering of a wine or storage vessel
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.3

Second declension of τὸ κρήδεμνον; τοῦ κρηδέμνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρήδεμνον tò krḗdemnon	τὼ κρηδέμνω tṑ krēdémnō	τᾰ̀ κρήδεμνᾰ tằ krḗdemnă
Genitive	τοῦ κρηδέμνου toû krēdémnou	τοῖν κρηδέμνοιν toîn krēdémnoin	τῶν κρηδέμνων tôn krēdémnōn
Dative	τῷ κρηδέμνῳ tōî krēdémnōi	τοῖν κρηδέμνοιν toîn krēdémnoin	τοῖς κρηδέμνοις toîs krēdémnois
Accusative	τὸ κρήδεμνον tò krḗdemnon	τὼ κρηδέμνω tṑ krēdémnō	τᾰ̀ κρήδεμνᾰ tằ krḗdemnă
Vocative	κρήδεμνον krḗdemnon	κρηδέμνω krēdémnō	κρήδεμνᾰ krḗdemnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Hurschmann, Rolf (2006) “Kredemnon”, in Cancik, Hubert, and Christine F. Salazar, editors, Brill’s New Pauly‎^[1], Hamburg, retrieved 12 February 2017
^ Nagy, Gregory (2013) The ancient Greek hero in 24 hours‎^[2], Harvard University Press, page 83