κάρνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Gaulish carnon (“horn”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. From the same root are κέρας (kéras, “horn”), κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) and κάρηνον (kárēnon, “head; mountain top”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kár.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkar.non/
Noun
κᾰ́ρνον • (kárnon) n (genitive κᾰ́ρνου); second declension
- Gallic horn, a wind instrument used by Celts
- kind of cart
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon |
τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου toû kárnou |
τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin |
τῶν κᾰ́ρνων tôn kárnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰ́ρνῳ tôi kárnōi |
τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin |
τοῖς κᾰ́ρνοις toîs kárnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon |
τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́ρνον kárnon |
κᾰ́ρνω kárnō |
κᾰ́ρνᾰ kárna | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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