χοάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χώνη (khṓnē) — contracted

Etymology

From χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χοᾰ́νη • (khoắnē) f (genitive χοᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. funnel (for pouring liquids)
    • 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae:
      διὰ τὴν χοάνην οὖν μήτʼ ἀκούω μήθʼ ὁρῶ
      dià tḕn khoánēn oûn mḗt akoúō mḗth horô
      And because of this funnel I neither see nor hear.
  2. (anatomy) funnel-shaped hollow in the brain
    Synonyms: ληνός (lēnós), πῠ́ελος (pŭ́elos)
  3. (anatomy) hollow behind the eye
  4. melting pot
    Synonym: χόᾰνος (khóănos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χοᾰ́νη; τῆς χοᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χοᾰ́νη
hē khoắnē 		τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khoắnā 		αἱ χοᾰ́ναι
hai khoắnai
Genitive τῆς χοᾰ́νης
tês khoắnēs 		τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν
toîn khoắnain 		τῶν χοᾰνῶν
tôn khoănôn
Dative τῇ χοᾰ́νῃ
tēî khoắnēi 		τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν
toîn khoắnain 		ταῖς χοᾰ́ναις
taîs khoắnais
Accusative τὴν χοᾰ́νην
tḕn khoắnēn 		τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khoắnā 		τᾱ̀ς χοᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s khoắnās
Vocative χοᾰ́νη
khoắnē 		χοᾰ́νᾱ
khoắnā 		χοᾰ́ναι
khoắnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → New Latin: choana

References

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