- Κρόνος
- ΚρόνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: son of Ouranos a. Gaia, husband of Rhea, father of Zeus etc. (Il.); also as surname = `Gray, old jester' (Ar.).Derivatives: Patronymics: Κρονίδης m. = Ζεύς (Il.), Κρονίδαρ πολυετής H. (Lac.); Κρονίων `id.' (Il.). Adj. : Κρόνιος `of K.' etc. (Pi., A.), τὰ Κρόνια `K.-feast' (D.), Κρονιών month-name (Samos), f. Κρονιάς (Plu.); Κρονικός `of K., primeval' (Att.; Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 150). Κρονεῖον `K.-temple' (pap.), Κρονίσκοι pl. title of a book (Gal.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Appellat. meaning unknown, so without etymology. Several hypotheses. To κραίνω as "the Accomplisher" resp. "the Ruler" (Usener Götternamen 26f. with S. Tr. 126, Kretschmer Sprache 2, 66 a. 71 [prop. a Phrygian high god]); formally impossible, as κραίνω \< κρᾱαίνω, s. v. To κορέννυμι as "(dieu de la) production (et de la) croissance" (Carnoy Musée belge 24, 10). To κεραΐζω etc. as "the Invalid, the Old one" (Güntert Weltkönig 234). - Extensively on Κρόνος (orig. harvest-god) Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1,510. - Like χρόνος, θρόνος, κλόνος etc. prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,24-25
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.