Ancient Greek

Noun

χρόνος • ‎(khrónos) m ‎(genitive χρόνου); second declension

1. time (in the abstract sense)
2. specific time, period, term
3. lifetime
4. delay
5. (grammar) tense

Inflection

Synonyms

• καιρός ‎(kairós)

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: chrono-
• Greek: χρόνος m ‎(chrónos)

References

• χρόνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χρόνος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χρόνος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «χρόνος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «χρόνος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• χρόνος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5550”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • age idem, page 18.
  • chronology idem, page 132.
  • date idem, page 196.
  • epoch idem, page 279.
  • era idem, page 281.
  • period idem, page 606.
  • space idem, page 797.
  • time idem, page 875.

Greek

Alternative forms

• χρονιά f ‎(chroniá)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρόνος ‎(khrónos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɾɔnɔs/

Noun

χρόνος • ‎(chrónos) m (plural χρόνια and χρόνοι)

1. time
2. year
3. volume (issues of a periodical over a period of one year)

Declension

Synonyms

• (time): καιρός m ‎(kairós)

Related terms

• ευτυχισμένος ο καινούριος χρόνος ‎(eftychisménos o kainoúrios chrónos, “Happy New Year”)
• χρόνια και ζαμάνια ‎(chrónia kai zamánia, “for ages, been a while”)
• χρόνια πολλά ‎(chrónia pollá, “happy birthday”)
• χρόνιος ‎(chrónios, “permanent, chronic”)