θρόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From hypothetical verb *θράω “I sit”, found only in the aorist middle θρήσασθαι.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tʰrónos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tʰrónos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /θrónos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /θrónos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /θɾónos/

Noun

θρόνος (genitive θρόνου) m, second declension; (thronos)

1. seat
2. throne

Inflection

Second declension of θρόνος, θρόνου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρόνος	τὼ θρόνω	οἱ θρόνοι
Genitive	τοῦ θρόνου	τοῖν θρόνοιν	τῶν θρόνων
Dative	τῷ θρόνῳ	τοῖν θρόνοιν	τοῖς θρόνοις
Accusative	τὸν θρόνον	τὼ θρόνω	τοὺς θρόνους
Vocative	θρόνε	θρόνω	θρόνοι

Descendants

• English: throne
• Greek: θρόνος (thronos)
• Latin: thronus
• Russian: трон (tron) m

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2362