κράταιγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κραταιγών (krataigṓn)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from κρᾰτῠ́ς (kratús, “strong, mighty”) + the same αἰγ- (aig-) of αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.tai̯.ɡos/ → /ˈkra.tɛ.ɣos/ → /ˈkra.te.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.tai̯.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tɛ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tɛ.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.te.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.te.ɣos/

Noun

κρᾰ́ταιγος • (krátaigos) m (genitive κρᾰταίγου); second declension

1. thorn (Crataegus heldreichii)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρᾰ́ταιγος; τοῦ κρᾰταίγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρᾰ́ταιγος ho krátaigos	τὼ κρᾰταίγω tṑ krataígō	οἱ κρᾰ́ταιγοι hoi krátaigoi
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾰταίγου toû krataígou	τοῖν κρᾰταίγοιν toîn krataígoin	τῶν κρᾰταίγων tôn krataígōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾰταίγῳ tôi krataígōi	τοῖν κρᾰταίγοιν toîn krataígoin	τοῖς κρᾰταίγοις toîs krataígois
Accusative	τὸν κρᾰ́ταιγον tòn krátaigon	τὼ κρᾰταίγω tṑ krataígō	τοὺς κρᾰταίγους toùs krataígous
Vocative	κρᾰ́ταιγε krátaige	κρᾰταίγω krataígō	κρᾰ́ταιγοι krátaigoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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