Granicus

English

Etymology

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/

Proper noun

Granicus

1. A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

Translations

river

• Armenian: Գրանիկոն (Granikon)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Γρανικός (Granikós)

• Latin: Granicus
• Russian: Гра́ник (ru) (Gránik)
• Serbo-Croatian: Granik m

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraːˈniː.kus/, [ɡräːˈniːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈni.kus/, [ɡräˈniːkus]

Proper noun

Grānīcus m sg (genitive Grānīcī); second declension

1. An important river in Troas, now the Biga Çayı

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Grānīcus
Genitive	Grānīcī
Dative	Grānīcō
Accusative	Grānīcum
Ablative	Grānīcō
Vocative	Grānīce

References

• Granicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Granicus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly