ἔρνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, spring”) and cognate with ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to awaken, arouse”). Its form agrees with Sanskrit अर्णस् (arṇas, “river, stream”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ér.nos/ → /ˈer.nos/ → /ˈer.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ér.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈer.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈer.nos/

Noun

ἔρνος • (érnos) n (genitive ἔρνεος or ἔρνους); third declension

1. (botany) young shoot, sprout

   Synonyms: θαλλός (thallós), ὄρπηξ (órpēx), πτόρθος (ptórthos), τέρχνος (térkhnos)

2. (in the plural) wreaths worn by victors in games
3. scion, offspring

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔρνος; τοῦ ἔρνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔρνος tò érnos	τὼ ἔρνει tṑ érnei	τᾰ̀ ἔρνη tà érnē
Genitive	τοῦ ἔρνους toû érnous	τοῖν ἐρνοῖν toîn ernoîn	τῶν ἐρνῶν tôn ernôn
Dative	τῷ ἔρνει tôi érnei	τοῖν ἐρνοῖν toîn ernoîn	τοῖς ἔρνεσῐ / ἔρνεσῐν toîs érnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔρνος tò érnos	τὼ ἔρνει tṑ érnei	τᾰ̀ ἔρνη tà érnē
Vocative	ἔρνος érnos	ἔρνει érnei	ἔρνη érnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἔρνος; ἔρνεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔρνος érnos	ἔρνει / ἔρνεε érnei / érnee	ἔρνεᾰ érnea
Genitive	ἔρνεος / ἔρνευς érneos / érneus	ἐρνέοιν ernéoin	ἐρνέων ernéōn
Dative	ἔρνει / ἔρνεῐ̈ érnei / érneï	ἐρνέοιν ernéoin	ἔρνεσῐ / ἔρνεσῐν érnesi(n)
Accusative	ἔρνος érnos	ἔρνει / ἔρνεε érnei / érnee	ἔρνεᾰ érnea
Vocative	ἔρνος érnos	ἔρνει / ἔρνεε érnei / érnee	ἔρνεᾰ érnea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἔρνατις (érnatis)
• ἐρνεσίπεπλος (ernesípeplos)
• ἐρνίον (erníon)
• ἐρνοκόμος (ernokómos)
• ἐρνόομαι (ernóomai)
• ἐρνύγας (ernúgas)
• ἔρνυτας (érnutas)
• ἐρνώδης (ernṓdēs)
• εὐερνής (euernḗs)

 

Further reading

• “ἔρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔρνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 462-463