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 krĭ́mnon	τὼ κρῐ́μνω tṑ krĭ́mnō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μνᾰ tằ krĭ́mnă
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐ́μνου toû krĭ́mnou	τοῖν κρῐ́μνοιν toîn krĭ́mnoin	τῶν κρῐ́μνων tôn krĭ́mnōn
Dative	τῷ κρῐ́μνῳ tôi krĭ́mnōi	τοῖν κρῐ́μνοιν toîn krĭ́mnoin	τοῖς κρῐ́μνοις toîs krĭ́mnois
Accusative	τὸ κρῐ́μνον tò krĭ́mnon	τὼ κρῐ́μνω tṑ krĭ́mnō	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μνᾰ tằ krĭ́mnă
Vocative	κρῐ́μνον krĭ́mnon	κρῐ́μνω krĭ́mnō	κρῐ́μνᾰ krĭ́mnă
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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