κρίμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. The connection with κρῖ (krî, “barley”) and κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) is formally unwarranted and a derivation from κρίνω (krínō, “to separate”) does not seem preferable.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krím.non/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrim.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrim.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrim.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkrim.non/

Noun

κρίμνον • (krímnon) n (genitive κρίμνου); second declension

coarse barley meal
coarse loaf
(in the plural) crumbs

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρῐ́μνον; τοῦ κρῐ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρῐ́μνον tò krímnon	τὼ κρῐ́μνω tṑ krímnō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μνᾰ tà krímna
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐ́μνου toû krímnou	τοῖν κρῐ́μνοιν toîn krímnoin	τῶν κρῐ́μνων tôn krímnōn
Dative	τῷ κρῐ́μνῳ tôi krímnōi	τοῖν κρῐ́μνοιν toîn krímnoin	τοῖς κρῐ́μνοις toîs krímnois
Accusative	τὸ κρῐ́μνον tò krímnon	τὼ κρῐ́μνω tṑ krímnō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μνᾰ tà krímna
Vocative	κρῐ́μνον krímnon	κρῐ́μνω krímnō	κρῐ́μνᾰ krímna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κριμνῆστις (krimnêstis)
κριμνίτης (krimnítēs)
κριμνώδης (krimnṓdēs)

κρίμνον

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