κάρρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάρρος (kárrhos)

Etymology

From Latin carrus, itself from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár̥.r̥on/ → /ˈkar.ron/ → /ˈka.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár̥.r̥on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ron/

Noun

κάρρον • (kárrhon) n (genitive κάρρου); second declension

1. car, cart

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρρον; τοῦ κᾰ́ρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρρον tò kárrhon	τὼ κᾰ́ρρω tṑ kárrhō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρρᾰ tà kárrha
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρρου toû kárrhou	τοῖν κᾰ́ρροιν toîn kárrhoin	τῶν κᾰ́ρρων tôn kárrhōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρρῳ tôi kárrhōi	τοῖν κᾰ́ρροιν toîn kárrhoin	τοῖς κᾰ́ρροις toîs kárrhois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρρον tò kárrhon	τὼ κᾰ́ρρω tṑ kárrhō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρρᾰ tà kárrha
Vocative	κᾰ́ρρον kárrhon	κᾰ́ρρω kárrhō	κᾰ́ρρᾰ kárrha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καρρικός (karrhikós)
• καρροπηγός (karrhopēgós)
• καρροποιός (karrhopoiós)

 

Further reading

• “κάρρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN