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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally considered an old verbal noun from κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”), however Beekes finds this impossible and leaves the etymology unexplained.[1] Since a root-final -α- would be expected, and landscape terms are often borrowed from substrate languages, the word is probably Pre-Greek. The suffix -(ᾱ)μν-ο- (-(ā)mn-o-) is also considered Pre-Greek by Beekes.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɛːm.nós/ → /krimˈnos/ → /krimˈnos/
Noun
κρημνός • (krēmnós) m (genitive κρημνοῦ); second declension
- overhanging bank of a river; edge of a trench
- beetling cliff, crag, precipice
- Synonym: ἐρῐ́πνη (erípnē)
- (in the plural) (medicine) edges of an ulcer
- (anatomy) labia
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρημνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 777
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31: “-αμν-ο”
Further reading
- “κρημνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρημνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κρημνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós). Sense in surgery, a free translation of French lambeau.[1] See more at γκρεμός (gkremós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾiˈmnos/
- Hyphenation: κρη‧μνός
Noun
κρημνός • (krimnós) m (plural κρημνοί)
- (learned) formal, learned form of γκρεμός (gkremós)
- (surgery) flap (attached tissue used during plastic surgery)
Declension
References
- ^ κρημνός - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
Further reading