κρόμμυον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κρόμυον (krómuon)
Etymology
A similar word for "onion" and "garlic" is found in Proto-West Germanic *hramusō (“onion, garlic”), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (“ramson”) and Middle Irish crim (“garlic”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kermus- (“wild garlic”). The e-vowel of Celtic and Balto-Slavic is also found in the placename Κρεμμυών (Kremmuṓn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /króm.my.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkro.mi.on/
Noun
κρόμμῠον • (krómmuon) n (genitive κρομμῠ́ου); second declension
- onion (Allium cepa)
- (in the plural) onion-market
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmuon |
τὼ κρομμῠ́ω tṑ krommúō |
τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tà krómmua | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρομμῠ́ου toû krommúou |
τοῖν κρομμῠ́οιν toîn krommúoin |
τῶν κρομμῠ́ων tôn krommúōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρομμῠ́ῳ tôi krommúōi |
τοῖν κρομμῠ́οιν toîn krommúoin |
τοῖς κρομμῠ́οις toîs krommúois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmuon |
τὼ κρομμῠ́ω tṑ krommúō |
τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tà krómmua | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρόμμῠον krómmuon |
κρομμῠ́ω krommúō |
κρόμμῠᾰ krómmua | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀγριοκρόμμυον (agriokrómmuon)
- κρομμύδιον (krommúdion)
- κρομμυογήτειον (krommuogḗteion)
- κρομμυοξυρεγμία (krommuoxuregmía)
- κρομμυοπώλης (krommuopṓlēs)
- κρομμυοπώλιον (krommuopṓlion)
- κρομμύφακον (krommúphakon)
Descendants
- > Tsakonian: κρέμμου (krémmou), κρέμμυ (krémmy) (inherited)
- → Laz: კრომი (ǩromi)
Further reading
- “κρόμμυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρόμμυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κρόμμυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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