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κάρανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάρανον κάρανου

Structure: καραν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: v. ka/rhnon.

Sense

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καί πότ’ ἂν ἀμφιθαλὴσ Ζεὺσ ἐπὶ χεῖρα βάλοι, φεῦ φεῦ, κάρανα δαί̈ξασ; (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, antistrophe 41)
  • βάλλεται γὰρ ὄσ‐ σοισ Διόθεν κάρανα. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 3 1:7)
  • τελευτήσαντοσ δ’ ἐκείνου ταύτην μὲν τὴν μερίδα οὐ πολλὴν οὖσαν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίοισ εἶναι συμβαίνει καλουμένην ἐπαρχίαν καὶ ἔστι σύστημα καθ’ αὑτὸ τὸ πολίχνιον συνοικισάντων τὰ Κάρανα, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ἡ χώρα Καρανῖτισ λέγεται, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἔχει Πυθοδωρὶσ καὶ ὁ Δύτευτοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 58:13)
  • καὶ καταβήσεται τὰ ὅρια ἐπὶ φάραγγα Καρανὰ ἐπὶ λίβα κατὰ φάραγγα Ἰαριήλ, τερέβινθοσ τῷ Ἐφραὶμ ἀνὰ μέσον πόλεωσ Μανασσῆ. καὶ ὅρια Μανασσῆ ἐπὶ τὸν βορρᾶν εἰσ τὸν χειμάρρουν, καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῦ ἡ διέξοδοσ θάλασσα. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 17:9)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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