κρανίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the old oblique stem, *κρᾱν- (*krān-), of κᾰ́ρη (kắrē, “Homeric form of κᾰ́ρᾱ (kắrā, “the head”)”) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρᾱνῐ́ον • (krānĭ́on) n (genitive κρᾱνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (anatomy) the upper part of the head, the cranium
    1. (metonymy) the skull
    2. (metonymy) the head
  2. a headache

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρᾱνῐ́ον; τοῦ κρᾱνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κρᾱνῐ́ον
tò krānĭ́on 		τὼ κρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ krānĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κρᾱνῐ́ᾰ
tằ krānĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ κρᾱνῐ́ου
toû krānĭ́ou 		τοῖν κρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn krānĭ́oin 		τῶν κρᾱνῐ́ων
tôn krānĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κρᾱνῐ́ῳ
tōî krānĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn krānĭ́oin 		τοῖς κρᾱνῐ́οις
toîs krānĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κρᾱνῐ́ον
tò krānĭ́on 		τὼ κρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ krānĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κρᾱνῐ́ᾰ
tằ krānĭ́ă
Vocative κρᾱνῐ́ον
krānĭ́on 		κρᾱνῐ́ω
krānĭ́ō 		κρᾱνῐ́ᾰ
krānĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • Greek: κρανίο (kranío)
  • → Medieval Latin: crānium

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρᾱνίον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 770

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