ἄρον

See also: ἆρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hemmerdinger derived it from Egyptian r (“reed, cane”). Perhaps it is also contained in ἀρίς (arís) and ἀρίσαρον (arísaron). A comparison with Latin arundo (“cane”) is less probable. Compare the synonym ὀρόντιον (oróntion), which may imply Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ron/

Noun

ἄρον • (áron) n (genitive ἄρου); second declension

cuckoopint (Arum italicum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ρον tò ắron	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρω tṑ ắrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ρᾰ tằ ắră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́ρου toû ắrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́ροιν toîn ắroin	τῶν ᾰ̓́ρων tôn ắrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́ρῳ tôi ắrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́ροιν toîn ắroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ροις toîs ắrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ρον tò ắron	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρω tṑ ắrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ρᾰ tằ ắră
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρον ắron	ᾰ̓́ρω ắrō	ᾰ̓́ρᾰ ắră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: άρο (áro)
→ Latin: arum
- >? Italian: gigaro
- → Translingual: Arum
  - → Catalan: aro
  - → English: arum
  - → French: arum
  - → Greek: άρο (áro) (semantic loan)
  - → Italian: aro
  - → Portuguese: aro
  - → Spanish: aro

“ἄρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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