γερανίας

γερανίας, mit langem Kranichhals

Γερανίᾱς, Γερανίη

fem acc pl

Γερανίᾱς, Γερανίη

fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

γεραν-ίας, ου, ὁ, ([etym.] γέρανος)

A crane-necked, long-necked, Phryn.PSp.55 B.

Grammatical information: f. (m.)

Meaning: `crane' (Il.), also metaph. (various kinds of) apparatus, and a fish name (s. Strömberg Fischnamen 120).

Dialectal forms: Myc. kerenai dat. pl. \/kerenāhi\/ s. R.Ph. 73 (1999) 84 (doubtful).

Derivatives: γερανίς kind of bandage (medic.). γερανῖτις name of a stone (Plin., s. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 53), γερανίας `with a crane (neck)' (Phryn.), γεράνιον `geranium', also called γερανογέρων (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 54 und 159). - See Thompson Birds s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [383] *ǵerh₂-en-\/-eu- `crane'

Etymology: Beside the o-stem γέρανος (*ǵerh₂-n-) we have an n-stem in γέρην (or γερήν; *ǵerh₂-ēn). Old name of the (bird) crane, with n- or u-suffix. Arm. kr̄un-k (with i or u lost in the first syllable?), Celtic, e. g. Gaul. tri-garanos `with three cranes', Welsh garan, Germanic, e. g. OE cran, OHG kran-uh; Lith. garnỹs `heron, stork'; u-stem Lat. grūs, Balto-Slavic, Lith. gérvė (*ǵerh₂-u̯-), OCS žeravь (*ǵerh₂-ōu-). - The word has been interpreted as, "der Rufer, der Krächzer' etc., to Skt. járate, gr̥ṇā́ti `sing' etc., but the forms in u do not seem agent nouns. S. Solmsen Wortforsch. 119.

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