κάρνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Gaulish carnon (“horn”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. From the same root are κέρας (kéras, “horn”), κάρᾱ (kárā, “head”) and κάρηνον (kárēnon, “head; mountain top”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.non/ → /ˈkar.non/ → /ˈkar.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.non/

Noun

κᾰ́ρνον • (kárnon) n (genitive κᾰ́ρνου); second declension

1. Gallic horn, a wind instrument used by Celts
2. kind of cart

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρνον; τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon	τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρνου toû kárnou	τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin	τῶν κᾰ́ρνων tôn kárnōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρνῳ tôi kárnōi	τοῖν κᾰ́ρνοιν toîn kárnoin	τοῖς κᾰ́ρνοις toîs kárnois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρνον tò kárnon	τὼ κᾰ́ρνω tṑ kárnō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρνᾰ tà kárna
Vocative	κᾰ́ρνον kárnon	κᾰ́ρνω kárnō	κᾰ́ρνᾰ kárna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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