According to Beekes, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare English kermes.
κρῐμνός • (krimnós) f (genitive κρῐμνοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κρῐμνός hē krimnós |
τὼ κρῐμνώ tṑ krimnṓ |
αἱ κρῐμνοί hai krimnoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κρῐμνοῦ tês krimnoû |
τοῖν κρῐμνοῖν toîn krimnoîn |
τῶν κρῐμνῶν tôn krimnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κρῐμνῷ têi krimnôi |
τοῖν κρῐμνοῖν toîn krimnoîn |
ταῖς κρῐμνοῖς taîs krimnoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κρῐμνόν tḕn krimnón |
τὼ κρῐμνώ tṑ krimnṓ |
τᾱ̀ς κρῐμνούς tā̀s krimnoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρῐμνέ krimné |
κρῐμνώ krimnṓ |
κρῐμνοί krimnoí | ||||||||||
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