ὠλέκρανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὀλέκρᾱνον (olékrānon)

Etymology

From ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”) +‎ κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὠλέκρᾱνον • (ōlékrānon) n (genitive ὠλεκρᾱ́νου); second declension

  1. (anatomy) point of the elbow
    Synonym: κῠ́βῐτον (kŭ́bĭton)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον; τοῦ ὠλεκρᾱ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον
tò ōlékrānon 		τὼ ὠλεκρᾱ́νω
tṑ ōlekrā́nō 		τᾰ̀ ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ
tằ ōlékrānă
Genitive τοῦ ὠλεκρᾱ́νου
toû ōlekrā́nou 		τοῖν ὠλεκρᾱ́νοιν
toîn ōlekrā́noin 		τῶν ὠλεκρᾱ́νων
tôn ōlekrā́nōn
Dative τῷ ὠλεκρᾱ́νῳ
tōî ōlekrā́nōi 		τοῖν ὠλεκρᾱ́νοιν
toîn ōlekrā́noin 		τοῖς ὠλεκρᾱ́νοις
toîs ōlekrā́nois
Accusative τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον
tò ōlékrānon 		τὼ ὠλεκρᾱ́νω
tṑ ōlekrā́nō 		τᾰ̀ ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ
tằ ōlékrānă
Vocative ὠλέκρᾱνον
ōlékrānon 		ὠλεκρᾱ́νω
ōlekrā́nō 		ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ
ōlékrānă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὠλεκρᾱνῐ́ζω (ōlekrānĭ́zō)

Descendants

  • → English: olecranon
  • Greek: ωλέκρανο (olékrano)

Further reading

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