τρανής

See also: τρανῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρᾱνός (trānós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Alternatively, it could have secondary long -ᾱ- for *ē, in which case it derives from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /traː.nɛ̌ːs/ → /traˈnis/ → /traˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /traː.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /traˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /traˈnis/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /traˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /traˈnis/

Adjective

τρᾱνής • (trānḗs) m or f (neuter τρᾱνές); third declension

1. clear, distinct

   Synonym: σᾰφής (săphḗs)

Declension

Third declension of τρᾱνής; τρᾱνές (contracted, Attic)

	singular				dual				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	τρᾱνήςtrānḗs		τρᾱνέςtrānés		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖςtrāneîs		τρᾱνῆtrānê
genitive	τρᾱνοῦςtrānoûs		τρᾱνοῦςtrānoûs		τρᾱνοῖνtrānoîn		τρᾱνοῖνtrānoîn		τρᾱνῶνtrānôn		τρᾱνῶνtrānôn
dative	τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνοῖνtrānoîn		τρᾱνοῖνtrānoîn		τρᾱνέσῐ τρᾱνέσῐνtrānésĭ(n)		τρᾱνέσῐ τρᾱνέσῐνtrānésĭ(n)
accusative	τρᾱνῆtrānê		τρᾱνέςtrānés		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖςtrāneîs		τρᾱνῆtrānê
vocative	τρᾱνέςtrānés		τρᾱνέςtrānés		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖtrāneî		τρᾱνεῖςtrāneîs		τρᾱνῆtrānê
derived forms	adverb				comparative				superlative
	τρᾱνῶςtrānôs				τρᾱνέστεροςtrānésteros				τρᾱνέστᾰτοςtrānéstătos

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περῐ́τρᾱνος (perĭ́trānos)
• τρᾱνοποιέω (trānopoiéō)
• τρᾱνότης (trānótēs)
• τρᾱνόω (trānóō)
• τρᾱ́νωμᾰ (trā́nōmă)
• τρᾱνωτῐκός (trānōtĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: τρανός (tranós) through Hellenistic τρανός (tranós)

Further reading

• “τρανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τρανής” 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

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈnis/
• Hyphenation: τρα‧νής

Adjective

τρανής • (tranís)

1. genitive feminine singular of τρανός (tranós)