χόανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”) and χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰó.a.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.a.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/
Noun
χόᾰνος • (khóanos) m (genitive χοᾰ́νου); second declension
- melting pot, crucible
- mould for casting metal in
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χόᾰνος ho khóanos |
τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoánō |
οἱ χόᾰνοι hoi khóanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χοᾰ́νου toû khoánou |
τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoánoin |
τῶν χοᾰ́νων tôn khoánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χοᾰ́νῳ tôi khoánōi |
τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoánoin |
τοῖς χοᾰ́νοις toîs khoánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χόᾰνον tòn khóanon |
τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoánō |
τοὺς χοᾰ́νους toùs khoánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χόᾰνε khóane |
χοᾰ́νω khoánō |
χόᾰνοι khóanoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χόανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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