Κρόνος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: son of Ouranos a. Gaia, husband of Rhea, father of Zeus etc. (Il.); also as surname = <b class="b2">Gray, old jester</b> (Ar.).<br />Derivatives: Patronymics: <b class="b3">Κρονίδης</b> m. = <b class="b3">Ζεύς</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">Κρονίδαρ πολυετής</b> H. (Lac.); <b class="b3">Κρονίων</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.). Adj. : <b class="b3">Κρόνιος</b> <b class="b2">of K.</b> etc. (Pi., A.), <b class="b3">τὰ Κρόνια</b> <b class="b2">K.-feast</b> (D.), <b class="b3">Κρονιών</b> month-name (Samos), f. <b class="b3">Κρονιάς</b> (Plu.); <b class="b3">Κρονικός</b> <b class="b2">of K., primeval</b> (Att.; Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 150). <b class="b3">Κρονεῖον</b> <b class="b2">K.-temple</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">Κρονίσκοι</b> pl. title of a book (Gal.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Appellat. meaning unknown, so without etymology. Several hypotheses. To <b class="b3">κραίνω</b> as "the Accomplisher" resp. "the Ruler" (Usener Götternamen 26f. with S. Tr. 126, Kretschmer Sprache 2, 66 a. 71 [prop. a Phrygian high god]); formally impossible, as <b class="b3">κραίνω</b> < <b class="b3">κρααίνω</b>, s. v. To <b class="b3">κορέννυμι</b> as "(dieu de la) production (et de la) croissance" (Carnoy Musée belge 24, 10). To <b class="b3">κεραΐζω</b> etc. as "the Invalid, the Old one" (Güntert Weltkönig 234). - Extensively on <b class="b3">Κρόνος</b> (orig. harvest-god) Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1,510. - Like <b class="b3">χρόνος</b>, <b class="b3">θρόνος</b>, <b class="b3">κλόνος</b> etc. prob. Pre-Greek.