θρανίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās), after the shape of the upper jaw.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/ → /θraˈni.as/ → /θraˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰra.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰraˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θraˈni.as/

Noun

θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς • (thraníās) m (genitive θρᾰνῐ́ου); first declension

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: ξῐφῐ́ᾱς (xiphíās)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς ho thraníās	τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thraníā	οἱ θρᾰνῐ́αι hoi thraníai
Genitive	τοῦ θρᾰνῐ́ου toû thraníou	τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thraníain	τῶν θρᾰνῐῶν tôn thraniôn
Dative	τῷ θρᾰνῐ́ᾳ tôi thraníāi	τοῖν θρᾰνῐ́αιν toîn thraníain	τοῖς θρᾰνῐ́αις toîs thraníais
Accusative	τὸν θρᾰνῐ́ᾱν tòn thraníān	τὼ θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ thraníā	τοὺς θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς toùs thraníās
Vocative	θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thraníā	θρᾰνῐ́ᾱ thraníā	θρᾰνῐ́αι thraníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θρανίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θρανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette