κράνον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[cornelian cherry]] (Thphr., medic.)<br />Other forms: also [[κράνος]] f. (pap., Gp.)<br />Compounds: As 1. member perhaps in <b class="b3">κρανο-κολάπτης</b> name of a spider (Philum. Ven. 15, 1, sch. Nic. Th. 764), s. Strömberg Wortstudien 22.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [572] <b class="b2">*ker-</b> [[cornel]]<br />Etymology: Usual and earlier attested [[κράνεια]] f. <b class="b2">corn. cherry</b> (Hom., E., Thphr., hell.), also [[κρανία]] (Hp., Dsc.), <b class="b3">-έα</b> (Gp.). From this [[κράνειον]] (<b class="b3">-ιον</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thphr., Gal.), [[κρανέϊνος]] <b class="b2">of wood of ...</b> (Hdt., X.), also [[κρανάϊνος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hp., X., Str.; after [[ἐλάϊνος]]), [[κράνινος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Paus.). With [[κράνον]], <b class="b3">-ος</b> we can compare Lat. [[cornum]], <b class="b2">-us</b> : IE. <b class="b2">*kr̥nom</b>, <b class="b2">-os</b>. Perh. also Lith. [[Kirnis]] name of a god who protects cherries (<b class="b2">*kirnas</b>). Doubts in Ernout-Meillet s. [[cornus]], but agreeing Ernout Aspects du vocab. latin 21. (On [[κέρασος]] s. v.) Further Bq s. v., W.-Hofmann s. [[cornus]], Pok. 572f.