χάνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan- / *gʰan- (“to yawn, to gape”), the same root of χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰ́νος • (khắnos) n (genitive χᾰ́νεος); third declension

  1. mouth

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́νος; τοῦ χᾰ́νεος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χᾰ́νος
tò khắnos 		τὼ χᾰ́νεε
tṑ khắnee 		τᾰ̀ χᾰ́νεᾰ
tằ khắneă
Genitive τοῦ χᾰ́νεος
toû khắneos 		τοῖν χᾰνέοιν
toîn khănéoin 		τῶν χᾰνέων
tôn khănéōn
Dative τῷ χᾰ́νεῐ̈
tōî khắneĭ̈ 		τοῖν χᾰνέοιν
toîn khănéoin 		τοῖς χᾰ́νεσῐ / χᾰ́νεσῐν
toîs khắnesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ χᾰ́νος
tò khắnos 		τὼ χᾰ́νεε
tṑ khắnee 		τᾰ̀ χᾰ́νεᾰ
tằ khắneă
Vocative χᾰ́νος
khắnos 		χᾰ́νεε
khắnee 		χᾰ́νεᾰ
khắneă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάσκω (> DER > B. > 3. χάνος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1616-7

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