θρόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”),[1][2] but this root presents a number of problems, such as the lack of the suffix *-onos in Proto-Indo-European, the lack of any words meaning "chair" from this root in any other Indo-European languages, and the lack of any definite Greek descendants from the root itself,[3] therefore rendering comparisons to θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) and θρῆνυς (thrênus, “footstool”) improbable. Due to the suffix -όνος usually being indicative of a Pre-Greek word (as in χρόνος (khrónos), Κρόνος (Krónos)), Beekes suggests that this could be the case for θρόνος (thrónos) as well.[4]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θρόνος • (thrónos) m (genitive θρόνου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Aeolic, Koine)

  1. seat
  2. throne
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Thalysia :
      τά που καὶ Ζηνὸς ἐπὶ θρόνον ἄγαγε φάμα
      tá pou kaì Zēnòs epì thrónon ágage pháma

Declension
Second declension of ὁ θρόνος; τοῦ θρόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θρόνος
ho thrónos		 τὼ θρόνω
tṑ thrónō		 οἱ θρόνοι
hoi thrónoi
Genitive τοῦ θρόνου
toû thrónou		 τοῖν θρόνοιν
toîn thrónoin		 τῶν θρόνων
tôn thrónōn
Dative τῷ θρόνῳ
tôi thrónōi		 τοῖν θρόνοιν
toîn thrónoin		 τοῖς θρόνοις
toîs thrónois
Accusative τὸν θρόνον
tòn thrónon		 τὼ θρόνω
tṑ thrónō		 τοὺς θρόνους
toùs thrónous
Vocative θρόνε
thróne		 θρόνω
thrónō		 θρόνοι
thrónoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: θρόνος (thrónos)
  • → Aramaic: תְּרוֹנוֹס (ṭronos)
  • → Coptic: ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ (thronos)
  • → Latin: thronus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: трон m (tron)

References
  1. “throne”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “throne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “252f”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 252f.
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θρόνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόνος.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθronos/
  • Hyphenation: θρό‧νος

Noun

θρόνος • (thrónos) m (plural θρόνοι)

  1. throne
    Synonym: (literature) θρονί n (throní, “throne or any seat”)
    Coordinate term: καρέκλα f (karékla, “chair”)
    αυτοκρατορικός, πατριαρχικός, παπικός θρόνος ― aftokratorikós, patriarchikós, papikós thrónos ― imperial, patriarchic, papal throne
  2. monarchy, the royal office
    ο θρόνος της Αγγλίας ― o thrónos tis Anglías ― English monarchy (literally:throne).
    σφετεριστής του θρόνου ― sfeteristís tou thrónou ― usurperer of the throne
    ανάρρηση στο θρόνο ― anárrisi sto thróno ― the proclamation to the throne
    χηρεύει ο θρόνος ― chirévei o thrónos ― the throne is vacant (literally: widowed)

Declension
declension of θρόνος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative θρόνος • θρόνοι •
genitive θρόνου • θρόνων •
accusative θρόνο • θρόνους •
vocative θρόνε • θρόνοι •
  • εκθρονίζω (ekthronízo, “dethrone”)
  • εκθρόνιση f (ekthrónisi, “dethronement”)
  • εκθρονισμός m (ekthronismós, “dethronement”)
  • ενθρονίζω (enthronízo, “enthrone”)
  • ενθρόνιση f (enthrónisi, “enthronement”)
  • ενθρονισμός m (enthronismós, “enthronement”)
  • θρονί n (throní, “throne or any seat”) (literature)
  • θρονιάζω (throniázo, “sit and not intending to give up the seat”) (negative sense)
  • θρόνιασμα n (thróniasma, “the without giving up my seat”) (negative sense)
  • πρωτόθρονος (protóthronos, “the leading episcopal throne”) (ecclesiastic)
  • σύνθρονο n (sýnthrono, “series of seats in church, especially for priests”) (ecclesiastic)

See also
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