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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”), but this root presents a number of problems, such as the lack of the suffix *-onos in Proto-Indo-European, the lack of any words meaning "chair" from this root in any other Indo-European languages, and the lack of any definite Greek descendants from the root itself, therefore rendering comparisons to θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) and θρῆνυς (thrênus, “footstool”) improbable. Due to the suffix -όνος usually being indicative of a Pre-Greek word (as in χρόνος (khrónos), Κρόνος (Krónos)), Beekes suggests that this could be the case for θρόνος (thrónos) as well.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰró.nos/ → /ˈθro.nos/ → /ˈθro.nos/
Noun
θρόνος • (thrónos) m (genitive θρόνου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Aeolic, Koine)
- seat
- throne
300 BCE – 200 BCE,
Theocritus,
Thalysia :
- τά που καὶ Ζηνὸς ἐπὶ θρόνον ἄγαγε φάμα
- tá pou kaì Zēnòs epì thrónon ágage pháma
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ “throne”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “throne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “252f”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 252f.
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θρόνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558.
Further reading
- “θρόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θρόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θρόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θρόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- θρόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θρόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2362 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρόνος.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθronos/
- Hyphenation: θρό‧νος
Noun
θρόνος • (thrónos) m (plural θρόνοι)
- throne
- Synonym: (literature) θρονί n (throní, “throne or any seat”)
- Coordinate term: καρέκλα f (karékla, “chair”)
- αυτοκρατορικός, πατριαρχικός, παπικός θρόνος ― aftokratorikós, patriarchikós, papikós thrónos ― imperial, patriarchic, papal throne
- monarchy, the royal office
- ο θρόνος της Αγγλίας ― o thrónos tis Anglías ― English monarchy (literally:throne).
- σφετεριστής του θρόνου ― sfeteristís tou thrónou ― usurperer of the throne
- ανάρρηση στο θρόνο ― anárrisi sto thróno ― the proclamation to the throne
- χηρεύει ο θρόνος ― chirévei o thrónos ― the throne is vacant (literally: widowed)
Declension
- εκθρονίζω (ekthronízo, “dethrone”)
- εκθρόνιση f (ekthrónisi, “dethronement”)
- εκθρονισμός m (ekthronismós, “dethronement”)
- ενθρονίζω (enthronízo, “enthrone”)
- ενθρόνιση f (enthrónisi, “enthronement”)
- ενθρονισμός m (enthronismós, “enthronement”)
- θρονί n (throní, “throne or any seat”) (literature)
- θρονιάζω (throniázo, “sit and not intending to give up the seat”) (negative sense)
- θρόνιασμα n (thróniasma, “the without giving up my seat”) (negative sense)
- πρωτόθρονος (protóthronos, “the leading episcopal throne”) (ecclesiastic)
- σύνθρονο n (sýnthrono, “series of seats in church, especially for priests”) (ecclesiastic)
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