κρήδεμνον

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 28 October 2019

Alternative forms

• κρᾱ́δεμνον (krā́demnon) — Doric

Etymology

κράς (krás, “head”, poetic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ (kárā)) +‎ δέω (déō, “to tie”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krɛ̌ː.dem.non/ → /ˈkri.ðem.non/ → /ˈkri.ðem.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛ̌ː.dem.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkre̝.dem.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ðem.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ðem.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ðem.non/

Noun

κρήδεμνον • (krḗdemnon) n (genitive κρηδέμνου); second declension

1. A veil or headscarf worn by women, keeping together three items of ornamental hair binding: ἄμπυξ (ámpux, “frontlet”), κεκρύφαλος (kekrúphalos, “hairnet, snood”) and ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē, “headband”)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.22
2. (figurative) the edge or the top of city walls
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.16
3. (figurative) the top covering of a wine or storage vessel
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.3

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κρήδεμνον; τοῦ κρηδέμνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρήδεμνον tò krḗdemnon	τὼ κρηδέμνω tṑ krēdémnō	τᾰ̀ κρήδεμνᾰ tà krḗdemna
Genitive	τοῦ κρηδέμνου toû krēdémnou	τοῖν κρηδέμνοιν toîn krēdémnoin	τῶν κρηδέμνων tôn krēdémnōn
Dative	τῷ κρηδέμνῳ tôi krēdémnōi	τοῖν κρηδέμνοιν toîn krēdémnoin	τοῖς κρηδέμνοις toîs krēdémnois
Accusative	τὸ κρήδεμνον tò krḗdemnon	τὼ κρηδέμνω tṑ krēdémnō	τᾰ̀ κρήδεμνᾰ tà krḗdemna
Vocative	κρήδεμνον krḗdemnon	κρηδέμνω krēdémnō	κρήδεμνᾰ krḗdemna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κρήδεμνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press