ΓΡΑΝΙΚΟΝ, γρανικον
GRANIKON, granikon
Sounds Like: grah-nee-KON
Translations: Granicus
From the root: ΓΡΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Granicus River, a river in ancient Mysia and Bithynia in Asia Minor. It is most famous as the site of the Battle of the Granicus, the first major battle fought by Alexander the Great against the Persian Empire in 334 BC. As a proper noun, it refers specifically to this geographical location.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 8:313
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΡΑΝΙΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΡΑΝΙΚΟΣ — Granicus
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