chrónou

chrónou agr. χρόνου Nwf. chrónos

Substantiv χρόνου • (khrónou) Genitiv Singular von χρόνος chrónos

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

▷ chrónos agr. 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". 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

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