κρανίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Diminutive form of κάρα

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kra͜aní.on/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kraːníon/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kraníon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /kraníon/

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

Noun

κρανίον (genitive κρανίου) n, second declension; (krānion)

1. skull

Inflection

Second declension of κρᾱνίον, κρᾱνίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρᾱνίον	τὼ κρᾱνίω	τὰ κρᾱνίᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾱνίου	τοῖν κρᾱνίοιν	τῶν κρᾱνίων
Dative	τῷ κρᾱνίῳ	τοῖν κρᾱνίοιν	τοῖς κρᾱνίοις
Accusative	τὸ κρᾱνίον	τὼ κρᾱνίω	τὰ κρᾱνίᾰ
Vocative	κρᾱνίον	κρᾱνίω	κρᾱνίᾰ

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: crānium
  • Catalan: crani m
  • English: cranium
  • French: crâne
  • Italian: cranio
  • Portuguese: crânio
  • Romanian: craniu
  • Spanish: cráneo

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2898