"καρκίνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /kar.kí.nos/, /karˈci.nos/, /karˈci.nos/, /kar.kí.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /karˈki.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /karˈci.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /karˈci.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /karˈci.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Could be from a Proto-Indo-European *karkros, with cognates including Latin cancer, and possibly Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa), although relationship with the latter is less certain. There are elements which point to a non-Indo-European origin, perhaps Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*karkros}} Proto-Indo-European *karkros, {{cog|la|cancer}} Latin cancer, {{cog|sa|कर्कट}} Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|καρκῐ́νου|m|second|head=καρκῐ́νος}} καρκῐ́νος • (karkínos) m (genitive καρκῐ́νου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|καρκῐ́νος|ου|AP=καρκῐ́νᾰ|NP=καρκῐ́νᾰ|notes=Note the irregular plurals}} Forms: καρκῐ́νος [canonical], karkínos [romanization], καρκῐ́νου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ καρκῐ́νος [nominative, singular], τὼ καρκῐ́νω [dual, nominative], οἱ καρκῐ́νᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ καρκῐ́νου [genitive, singular], τοῖν καρκῐ́νοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν καρκῐ́νων [genitive, plural], τῷ καρκῐ́νῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν καρκῐ́νοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς καρκῐ́νοις [dative, plural], τὸν καρκῐ́νον [accusative, singular], τὼ καρκῐ́νω [accusative, dual], τοὺς καρκῐ́νᾰ [accusative, plural], καρκῐ́νε [singular, vocative], καρκῐ́νω [dual, vocative], καρκῐ́νᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. crab
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-M0mpFffN
  2. Cancer, the zodiac sign Categories (lifeform): Crustaceans Synonyms (cancer): καρκῐ́νωμᾰ (karkínōma)
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-54g3UzIz Disambiguation of Crustaceans: 1 28 2 28 2 1 2 33 2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 4 25 5 2 3 29 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 18 4 28 5 3 3 33 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 3 20 9 15 12 5 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 3 20 10 16 11 5 6 17 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 1 28 4 17 6 3 3 32 6 Disambiguation of 'cancer': 0 65 35 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. sore, ulcer, cancer
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-vqmATxjp
  4. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    pair of pincers, a type of torture instrument
    Categories (lifeform): Crustaceans
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-CIa-GrO9 Disambiguation of Crustaceans: 1 28 2 28 2 1 2 33 2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 4 25 5 2 3 29 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 18 4 28 5 3 3 33 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 3 20 9 15 12 5 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 3 20 10 16 11 5 6 17 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 1 28 4 17 6 3 3 32 6
  5. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    temple bones
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-LchG4qsu Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 3 20 9 15 12 5 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 3 20 10 16 11 5 6 17 11
  6. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    type of shoe
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-VeM3Zocd
  7. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    type of bandage
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-GT3XDp0Y
  8. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    pair of compasses
    Categories (lifeform): Crustaceans
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-E8bBhXlX Disambiguation of Crustaceans: 1 28 2 28 2 1 2 33 2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 4 25 5 2 3 29 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 18 4 28 5 3 3 33 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 3 20 9 15 12 5 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 3 20 10 16 11 5 6 17 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 23 5 24 6 3 3 30 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 1 28 4 17 6 3 3 32 6
  9. items which resemble a crab's pincers
    distillery
    Sense id: en-καρκίνος-grc-noun-WXktsJiy Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 3 20 9 15 12 5 7 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 3 20 10 16 11 5 6 17 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: καρκινόω (karkinóō), καρκίνωμα (karkínōma)

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      "ipa": "/karˈki.nos/",
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      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/",
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "el:Crustaceans",
    "grc:Crustaceans"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "karkinóō",
      "word": "καρκινόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karkínōma",
      "word": "καρκίνωμα"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "կարակին",
            "3": "կարկին"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: կարակին (karakin), կարկին (karkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: կարակին (karakin), կարկին (karkin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "կարկին"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: կարկին (karkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: կարկին (karkin)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*karkros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *karkros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cancer"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cancer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कर्कट"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Could be from a Proto-Indo-European *karkros, with cognates including Latin cancer, and possibly Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa), although relationship with the latter is less certain. There are elements which point to a non-Indo-European origin, perhaps Pre-Greek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "καρκῐ́νος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karkínos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καρκῐ́νου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ καρκῐ́νος",
      "roman": "ho karkínos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ καρκῐ́νω",
      "roman": "tṑ karkínō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ καρκῐ́νᾰ",
      "roman": "hoi karkína",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ καρκῐ́νου",
      "roman": "toû karkínou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν καρκῐ́νοιν",
      "roman": "toîn karkínoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν καρκῐ́νων",
      "roman": "tôn karkínōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ καρκῐ́νῳ",
      "roman": "tôi karkínōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν καρκῐ́νοιν",
      "roman": "toîn karkínoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς καρκῐ́νοις",
      "roman": "toîs karkínois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν καρκῐ́νον",
      "roman": "tòn karkínon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ καρκῐ́νω",
      "roman": "tṑ karkínō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς καρκῐ́νᾰ",
      "roman": "toùs karkína",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καρκῐ́νε",
      "roman": "karkíne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καρκῐ́νω",
      "roman": "karkínō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καρκῐ́νᾰ",
      "roman": "karkína",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καρκῐ́νου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "καρκῐ́νος"
      },
      "expansion": "καρκῐ́νος • (karkínos) m (genitive καρκῐ́νου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καρκῐ́νος",
        "2": "ου",
        "AP": "καρκῐ́νᾰ",
        "NP": "καρκῐ́νᾰ",
        "notes": "Note the irregular plurals"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crab",
          "crab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cancer, the zodiac sign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cancer",
          "Cancer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sore, ulcer, cancer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ],
        [
          "ulcer",
          "ulcer"
        ],
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "pair of pincers, a type of torture instrument"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "temple bones"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "type of shoe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "type of bandage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "pair of compasses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "items which resemble a crab's pincers",
        "distillery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distillery",
          "distillery"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kar.kí.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kar.kí.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈki.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karˈci.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "karkínōma",
      "sense": "cancer",
      "word": "καρκῐ́νωμᾰ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "καρκίνος"
}

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