κρείων

See also: κρειῶν and Κρείων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κρέων (kréōn) — Homeric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *krāhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). Earlier comparisons with Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “beauty”) are semantically and phonologically problematic.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krěː.ɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.on/

Noun

κρείων • (kreíōn) m (genitive κρείοντος); third declension

lord, master, ruler

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κρείων; τοῦ κρείοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρείων ho kreíōn	τὼ κρείοντε tṑ kreíonte	οἱ κρείοντες hoi kreíontes
Genitive	τοῦ κρείοντος toû kreíontos	τοῖν κρειόντοιν toîn kreióntoin	τῶν κρειόντων tôn kreióntōn
Dative	τῷ κρείοντῐ tōî kreíontĭ	τοῖν κρειόντοιν toîn kreióntoin	τοῖς κρείουσῐ / κρείουσῐν toîs kreíousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρείοντᾰ tòn kreíontă	τὼ κρείοντε tṑ kreíonte	τοὺς κρείοντᾰς toùs kreíontăs
Vocative	κρεῖον kreîon	κρείοντε kreíonte	κρείοντες kreíontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ᾰ̓νᾰκρέων (Ănăkréōn)
Κρέων (Kréōn)
Κρεώφυλος (Kreṓphulos)
Τιμοκρέων (Timokréōn)

Related terms

κρείουσᾰ (kreíousă)

References

^ van Beek, Lucien. 2014. Homeric κρείων 'lord' and the Indo-European word for 'head'. Indogermanische Forschungen 119, pp. 99–123.

[1] van Beek, Lucien. 2014. Homeric κρείων 'lord' and the Indo-European word for 'head'. Indogermanische Forschungen 119, pp. 99–123.

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