κρείων

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See also: κρειῶν and Κρείων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *krāhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). Earlier comparisons with Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “beauty”) are semantically and phonologically problematic.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρείων • (kreíōn) m (genitive κρείοντος); third declension

  1. lord, master, ruler

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κρείων; τοῦ κρείοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρείων
ho kreíōn 		τὼ κρείοντε
tṑ kreíonte 		οἱ κρείοντες
hoi kreíontes
Genitive τοῦ κρείοντος
toû kreíontos 		τοῖν κρειόντοιν
toîn kreióntoin 		τῶν κρειόντων
tôn kreióntōn
Dative τῷ κρείοντῐ
tôi kreíonti 		τοῖν κρειόντοιν
toîn kreióntoin 		τοῖς κρείουσῐ / κρείουσῐν
toîs kreíousi(n)
Accusative τὸν κρείοντᾰ
tòn kreíonta 		τὼ κρείοντε
tṑ kreíonte 		τοὺς κρείοντᾰς
toùs kreíontas
Vocative κρεῖον
kreîon 		κρείοντε
kreíonte 		κρείοντες
kreíontes
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van Beek, Lucien. 2014. Homeric κρείων 'lord' and the Indo-European word for 'head'. Indogermanische Forschungen 119, pp. 99–123.
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