κριμνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare English kermes.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρῐμνός • (krĭmnós) f (genitive κρῐμνοῦ); second declension

  1. kind of purple dye

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κρῐμνός; τῆς κρῐμνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κρῐμνός
hē krĭmnós 		τὼ κρῐμνώ
tṑ krĭmnṓ 		αἱ κρῐμνοί
hai krĭmnoí
Genitive τῆς κρῐμνοῦ
tês krĭmnoû 		τοῖν κρῐμνοῖν
toîn krĭmnoîn 		τῶν κρῐμνῶν
tôn krĭmnôn
Dative τῇ κρῐμνῷ
tēî krĭmnōî 		τοῖν κρῐμνοῖν
toîn krĭmnoîn 		ταῖς κρῐμνοῖς
taîs krĭmnoîs
Accusative τὴν κρῐμνόν
tḕn krĭmnón 		τὼ κρῐμνώ
tṑ krĭmnṓ 		τᾱ̀ς κρῐμνούς
tā̀s krĭmnoús
Vocative κρῐμνέ
krĭmné 		κρῐμνώ
krĭmnṓ 		κρῐμνοί
krĭmnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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