γέρανος

See also: γερανός

Ancient Greek

γέρᾰνος • (gérănos) m or f (genitive γερᾰ́νου); second declension

a crane, Grus cinerea
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.3
- 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 710
a crane (instrument for lifting)
a type of dance resembling the movements of a crane
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Dance 34
a type of fish

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ γέρᾰνος; τοῦ / τῆς γερᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ γέρᾰνος ho / hē gérănos	τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ gerắnō	οἱ / αἱ γέρᾰνοι hoi / hai gérănoi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς γερᾰ́νου toû / tês gerắnou	τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn gerắnoin	τῶν γερᾰ́νων tôn gerắnōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ γερᾰ́νῳ tōî / tēî gerắnōi	τοῖν γερᾰ́νοιν toîn gerắnoin	τοῖς / ταῖς γερᾰ́νοις toîs / taîs gerắnois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν γέρᾰνον tòn / tḕn gérănon	τὼ γερᾰ́νω tṑ gerắnō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς γερᾰ́νους toùs / tā̀s gerắnous
Vocative	γέρᾰνε gérăne	γερᾰ́νω gerắnō	γέρᾰνοι gérănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γέρανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γέρανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γέρανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γέρανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γέρανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crane idem, page 182.