γάνος
See also: Γάνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to brighten up, to rejoice”) + -ος (-os), from Proto-Indo-European *gh₂-n-u-, probably related to γηθέω (gēthéō, “to rejoice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡá.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
Noun
γάνος • (gános) n (genitive γάνεος); third declension
- brightness, sheen
- gladness, joy, pride
- freshness, limpidity, transparency (of liquids)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γᾰ́νος tò gắnos |
τὼ γᾰ́νεε tṑ gắnee |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́νεᾰ tằ gắneă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰ́νεος toû gắneos |
τοῖν γᾰνέοιν toîn gănéoin |
τῶν γᾰνέων tôn gănéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰ́νεῐ̈ tōî gắneĭ̈ |
τοῖν γᾰνέοιν toîn gănéoin |
τοῖς γᾰ́νεσῐ / γᾰ́νεσῐν toîs gắnesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γᾰ́νος tò gắnos |
τὼ γᾰ́νεε tṑ gắnee |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́νεᾰ tằ gắneă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰ́νος gắnos |
γᾰ́νεε gắnee |
γᾰ́νεᾰ gắneă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 2
From Semitic. Compare Hebrew גַּן (gan, “garden”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡá.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
Noun
γάνος • (gános) n (genitive γάνεος); third declension
- garden
- Synonyms: κῆπος (kêpos), παράδεισος (parádeisos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γᾰ́νος tò gắnos |
τὼ γᾰ́νεε tṑ gắnee |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́νεᾰ tằ gắneă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰ́νεος toû gắneos |
τοῖν γᾰνέοιν toîn gănéoin |
τῶν γᾰνέων tôn gănéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰ́νεῐ̈ tōî gắneĭ̈ |
τοῖν γᾰνέοιν toîn gănéoin |
τοῖς γᾰ́νεσῐ / γᾰ́νεσῐν toîs gắnesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γᾰ́νος tò gắnos |
τὼ γᾰ́νεε tṑ gắnee |
τᾰ̀ γᾰ́νεᾰ tằ gắneă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰ́νος gắnos |
γᾰ́νεε gắnee |
γᾰ́νεᾰ gắneă | ||||||||||
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Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡá.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.nos/
Noun
γάνος • (gános) m (genitive γάνου); second declension
- alternative form of γλάνος (glános)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ γᾰ́νος ho gắnos |
τὼ γᾰ́νω tṑ gắnō |
οἱ γᾰ́νοι hoi gắnoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰ́νου toû gắnou |
τοῖν γᾰ́νοιν toîn gắnoin |
τῶν γᾰ́νων tôn gắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰ́νῳ tōî gắnōi |
τοῖν γᾰ́νοιν toîn gắnoin |
τοῖς γᾰ́νοις toîs gắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γᾰ́νον tòn gắnon |
τὼ γᾰ́νω tṑ gắnō |
τοὺς γᾰ́νους toùs gắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰ́νε gắne |
γᾰ́νω gắnō |
γᾰ́νοι gắnoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γάνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γάνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γάνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γάνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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