κράδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. It is uncertain whether this word is the origin of κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”) or if it is the opposite. Traditionally connected to Latin cardō (“hinge, pivot”), but this remains hypothetical.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.dɛː/ → /ˈkra.ði/ → /ˈkra.ði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.dɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.de̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ði/

Noun

κρᾰ́δη • (krádē) f (genitive κρᾰ́δης); first declension

1. (botany) quivering spray at the end of a branch, especially of fig trees
2. (in general) branch, fig-branch
3. fig tree

   Synonym: σῡκέᾱ (sūkéā)

4. diseased formation of small shoots in trees
5. scenic contrivance for exhibiting actors in comedy, sort of crane

   Synonym: μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρᾰ́δη; τῆς κρᾰ́δης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρᾰ́δη hē krádē	τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā	αἱ κρᾰ́δαι hai krádai
Genitive	τῆς κρᾰ́δης tês krádēs	τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain	τῶν κρᾰδῶν tôn kradôn
Dative	τῇ κρᾰ́δῃ têi krádēi	τοῖν κρᾰ́δαιν toîn krádain	ταῖς κρᾰ́δαις taîs krádais
Accusative	τὴν κρᾰ́δην tḕn krádēn	τὼ κρᾰ́δᾱ tṑ krádā	τᾱ̀ς κρᾰ́δᾱς tā̀s krádās
Vocative	κρᾰ́δη krádē	κρᾰ́δᾱ krádā	κρᾰ́δαι krádai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρᾰδηφορῐ́ᾱ (kradēphoríā)
• κρᾰδοπώλης (kradopṓlēs)
• κρᾰδοφᾰ́γος (kradophágos)
• κρᾰδῐαῖος (kradiaîos)
• κρᾰδῐ́ᾰς (kradías)

 

Further reading

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