κρωσσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The element "-σσ-", as well as the technical meaning, points to a Pre-Greek origin. Previously the word has been compared with Old English crocca (“crock”), Dutch kruik (“jug”) and Middle Irish croccán. Note also Old Armenian կարաս (karas).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρωσσός • (krōssós) m (genitive κρωσσοῦ); second declension

  1. water pail, pitcher
  2. cinerary urn

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρωσσός; τοῦ κρωσσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρωσσός
ho krōssós 		τὼ κρωσσώ
tṑ krōssṓ 		οἱ κρωσσοί
hoi krōssoí
Genitive τοῦ κρωσσοῦ
toû krōssoû 		τοῖν κρωσσοῖν
toîn krōssoîn 		τῶν κρωσσῶν
tôn krōssôn
Dative τῷ κρωσσῷ
tōî krōssōî 		τοῖν κρωσσοῖν
toîn krōssoîn 		τοῖς κρωσσοῖς
toîs krōssoîs
Accusative τὸν κρωσσόν
tòn krōssón 		τὼ κρωσσώ
tṑ krōssṓ 		τοὺς κρωσσούς
toùs krōssoús
Vocative κρωσσέ
krōssé 		κρωσσώ
krōssṓ 		κρωσσοί
krōssoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κρωσσίον (krōssíon)

References

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