κριός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Traditionally connected with κέρας (kéras, horn). The chickpea meaning possibly relates to Latin cicer (chickpea), Old Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn, chickpea). Beekes argues for an original meaning of “curved”, comparing Lithuanian kreivas, Old East Slavic кривъ (krivŭ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κρῑός (krīósm (genitive κρῑοῦ); second declension

  1. ram
    1. battering ram
    2. the constellation Aries
    Synonym: κτίλος (ktílos)
  2. sea-monster
  3. type of mussel
  4. volute (Ionic architecture)
  5. type of ship
  6. part of an irrigation system
  7. type of chickpea
    Hypernym: ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos)

Inflection

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κριός (kriós).

Noun

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κριός (kriósm (plural κριοί)

  1. ram, male sheep
  2. battering ram

Declension

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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