χέννιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian [script needed] (chennu).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰén.ni.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰen.ni.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçen.ni.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçen.ni.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçe.ni.on/

Noun

χέννῐον • (khénnĭon) n (genitive χεννῐ́ου); second declension

quail, salted and eaten by the Egyptians

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χέννῐον; τοῦ χεννῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χέννῐον tò khénnĭon	τὼ χεννῐ́ω tṑ khennĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χέννῐᾰ tằ khénnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ χεννῐ́ου toû khennĭ́ou	τοῖν χεννῐ́οιν toîn khennĭ́oin	τῶν χεννῐ́ων tôn khennĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χεννῐ́ῳ tōî khennĭ́ōi	τοῖν χεννῐ́οιν toîn khennĭ́oin	τοῖς χεννῐ́οις toîs khennĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χέννῐον tò khénnĭon	τὼ χεννῐ́ω tṑ khennĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χέννῐᾰ tằ khénnĭă
Vocative	χέννῐον khénnĭon	χεννῐ́ω khennĭ́ō	χέννῐᾰ khénnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek in view of the similarity with χάννη (khánnē, “comber”). However, Thompson considers a foreign origin, comparing both words with Egyptian [script needed] (chnā, “unknown kind of fish”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰén.ni.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰen.ni.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçen.ni.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçen.ni.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçe.ni.on/

Noun

χέννιον • (khénnion)

Hesychius gives the definition as: εἶδος ἰχθύος (eîdos ikhthúos, literally “kind of fish”).

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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