κραγγών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κράγγη (krángē)
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin and not related to Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kraŋ.ɡɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kraŋˈɡon/
Noun
κραγγών • (krangṓn) m (genitive κραγγῶνος); third declension
- A kind of shrimp, mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κραγγών ho krangṓn |
τὼ κραγγῶνε tṑ krangône |
οἱ κραγγῶνες hoi krangônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κραγγῶνος toû krangônos |
τοῖν κραγγώνοιν toîn krangṓnoin |
τῶν κραγγώνων tôn krangṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κραγγῶνῐ tōî krangônĭ |
τοῖν κραγγώνοιν toîn krangṓnoin |
τοῖς κραγγῶσῐ / κραγγῶσῐν toîs krangôsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κραγγῶνᾰ tòn krangônă |
τὼ κραγγῶνε tṑ krangône |
τοὺς κραγγῶνᾰς toùs krangônăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κραγγών krangṓn |
κραγγῶνε krangône |
κραγγῶνες krangônes | ||||||||||
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See also
- καρίς (karís)
Further reading
- “κραγγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κραγγών 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