κρημνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally considered an old verbal noun from κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”), however Beekes finds this impossible and leaves the etymology unexplained.[1] Since a root-final -α- would be expected, and landscape terms are often borrowed from substrate languages, the word is probably Pre-Greek. The suffix -(ᾱ)μν-ο- (-(ā)mn-o-) is also considered Pre-Greek by Beekes.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρημνός • (krēmnós) m (genitive κρημνοῦ); second declension

  1. overhanging bank of a river; edge of a trench
  2. beetling cliff, crag, precipice
    Synonym: ἐρῐ́πνη (erĭ́pnē)
  3. (in the plural) (medicine) edges of an ulcer
  4. (anatomy) labia

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρημνός; τοῦ κρημνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρημνός
ho krēmnós 		τὼ κρημνώ
tṑ krēmnṓ 		οἱ κρημνοί
hoi krēmnoí
Genitive τοῦ κρημνοῦ
toû krēmnoû 		τοῖν κρημνοῖν
toîn krēmnoîn 		τῶν κρημνῶν
tôn krēmnôn
Dative τῷ κρημνῷ
tōî krēmnōî 		τοῖν κρημνοῖν
toîn krēmnoîn 		τοῖς κρημνοῖς
toîs krēmnoîs
Accusative τὸν κρημνόν
tòn krēmnón 		τὼ κρημνώ
tṑ krēmnṓ 		τοὺς κρημνούς
toùs krēmnoús
Vocative κρημνέ
krēmné 		κρημνώ
krēmnṓ 		κρημνοί
krēmnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀπόκρημνο (apókrēmno)
  • βαθύκρημνος (bathúkrēmnos)
  • ἱππόκρημνος (hippókrēmnos)
  • κρημνίζω (krēmnízō)
  • κρήμνισις (krḗmnisis)
  • κρημνισμός (krēmnismós)
  • κρημνοφοβέομαι (krēmnophobéomai)
  • κρημνώδης (krēmnṓdēs)
  • ῠ̔ψηλόκρημνος (hŭpsēlókrēmnos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρημνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 777
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31: “-αμν-ο”

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós). Sense in surgery, a free translation of French lambeau.[1] See more at γκρεμός (gkremós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾiˈmnos/
  • Hyphenation: κρη‧μνός

Noun

κρημνός • (krimnós) m (plural κρημνοί)

  1. (learned) formal, learned form of γκρεμός (gkremós)
  2. (surgery) flap (attached tissue used during plastic surgery)

Declension

Declension of κρημνός
singular plural
nominative κρημνός (krimnós) κρημνοί (krimnoí)
genitive κρημνού (krimnoú) κρημνών (krimnón)
accusative κρημνό (krimnó) κρημνούς (krimnoús)
vocative κρημνέ (krimné) κρημνοί (krimnoí)

References

  1. ^ κρημνός - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)

Further reading

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