χαῦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Because of its basic meaning "loose, with holes, porous", is quite possible for this adjective to derive from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-no-s, from *ǵʰeh₂- (“to yawn, hape”), like χάος (kháos, “abyss, chasm”), χαίνω (khaínō), and χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰâu̯.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaw.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.βnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.vnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.vnos/

Adjective

χαῦνος • (khaûnos) m (feminine χαύνη, neuter χαῦνον); first/second declension

(of tissues) porous, spongy
Synonyms: πολῠ́τρητος (polŭ́trētos), σομφός (somphós)
(of timber) loose-grained
(figuratively) empty, frivolous

Inflection

First and second declension of χαῦνος; χαύνη; χαῦνον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χαῦνος khaûnos	χαύνη khaúnē	χαῦνον khaûnon	χαύνω khaúnō	χαύνᾱ khaúnā	χαύνω khaúnō	χαῦνοι khaûnoi	χαῦναι khaûnai	χαῦνᾰ khaûnă
Genitive	χαύνου khaúnou	χαύνης khaúnēs	χαύνου khaúnou	χαύνοιν khaúnoin	χαύναιν khaúnain	χαύνοιν khaúnoin	χαύνων khaúnōn	χαύνων khaúnōn	χαύνων khaúnōn
Dative	χαύνῳ khaúnōi	χαύνῃ khaúnēi	χαύνῳ khaúnōi	χαύνοιν khaúnoin	χαύναιν khaúnain	χαύνοιν khaúnoin	χαύνοις khaúnois	χαύναις khaúnais	χαύνοις khaúnois
Accusative	χαῦνον khaûnon	χαύνην khaúnēn	χαῦνον khaûnon	χαύνω khaúnō	χαύνᾱ khaúnā	χαύνω khaúnō	χαύνους khaúnous	χαύνᾱς khaúnās	χαῦνᾰ khaûnă
Vocative	χαῦνε khaûne	χαύνη khaúnē	χαῦνον khaûnon	χαύνω khaúnō	χαύνᾱ khaúnā	χαύνω khaúnō	χαῦνοι khaûnoi	χαῦναι khaûnai	χαῦνᾰ khaûnă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χαύνως khaúnōs			χαυνότερος khaunóteros			χαυνότᾰτος khaunótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

χαῦνᾰξ (khaûnăx)
χαυνόγειον (khaunógeion)
χαυνολόγος (khaunológos)
χαυνοπολῑ́της (khaunopolī́tēs)
χαυνόπρωκτος (khaunóprōktos)
χαυνόσομφος (khaunósomphos)
χαυνότης (khaunótēs)
χαυνόφρων (khaunóphrōn)
χαυνόω (khaunóō)
χαύνωμᾰ (khaúnōmă)
χαύνωσῐς (khaúnōsĭs)
χαυνωτῐκός (khaunōtĭkós)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Chauna

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάος, -εος, -ους (> ETYM)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1614