chrónos

chrónos Vorlage:agrie. χρόνος Zeit

Of unknown origin. A derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *gʰr-ono-, from *ǵʰer- (“to seize, enclose”), has been suggested, with original connotation of "encompassing time-limit".^[1] Other theories connect the word to κορμός (kormós) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).

Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kʰró.nos/ → /ˈxro.nos/ → /ˈxro.nos/

Noun

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

time (in the abstract sense)
specific time, period, term
lifetime
delay
(grammar, Koine) tense

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