κεράτιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰς (kéras, horn) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix). The sense of “carob“ stems from a Semitic loan and later mingled with the “hornlet” word, compare Arabic قَرَظ (qaraẓ, acacia), Classical Syriac ܩܸܪܲܛܵܐ (qerraṭṭā, acacia; carob).

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Noun

κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tionn (genitive κερᾱτῐ́ου); second declension

  1. small horn
    1. (zoology) antenna of the cerambycid or of the hermit crab
    2. (in the plural) curved ends of the womb
    3. (music) a musical instrument (perhaps a fife or clarionet)
  2. carat, 11728 of a pound (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. a Byzantine coin of a certain value (clarification of this definition is needed)
  4. Alternative form of κερατωνία (keratōnía)
  5. fruit of the carob

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