ὠλέκρανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀλέκρᾱνον (olékrānon)

Etymology

From ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”) +‎ κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.lé.kraː.non/ → /oˈle.kra.non/ → /oˈle.kra.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.lé.kraː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈle.kra.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈle.kra.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈle.kra.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈle.kra.non/

Noun

ὠλέκρᾱνον • (ōlékrānon) n (genitive ὠλεκρᾱ́νου); second declension

1. (anatomy) point of the elbow

   Synonym: κῠ́βῐτον (kúbiton)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον; τοῦ ὠλεκρᾱ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον tò ōlékrānon	τὼ ὠλεκρᾱ́νω tṑ ōlekrā́nō	τᾰ̀ ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ tà ōlékrāna
Genitive	τοῦ ὠλεκρᾱ́νου toû ōlekrā́nou	τοῖν ὠλεκρᾱ́νοιν toîn ōlekrā́noin	τῶν ὠλεκρᾱ́νων tôn ōlekrā́nōn
Dative	τῷ ὠλεκρᾱ́νῳ tôi ōlekrā́nōi	τοῖν ὠλεκρᾱ́νοιν toîn ōlekrā́noin	τοῖς ὠλεκρᾱ́νοις toîs ōlekrā́nois
Accusative	τὸ ὠλέκρᾱνον tò ōlékrānon	τὼ ὠλεκρᾱ́νω tṑ ōlekrā́nō	τᾰ̀ ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ tà ōlékrāna
Vocative	ὠλέκρᾱνον ōlékrānon	ὠλεκρᾱ́νω ōlekrā́nō	ὠλέκρᾱνᾰ ōlékrāna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὠλεκρᾱνῐ́ζω (ōlekrānízō)

Descendants

• → English: olecranon
• Greek: ωλέκρανο (olékrano)

Further reading

• “ὠλέκρανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὠλέκρανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὠλέκρανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette