χόανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”) and χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χόᾰνος • (khóănos) m (genitive χοᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. melting pot, crucible
  2. mould for casting metal in

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόᾰνος; τοῦ χοᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χόᾰνος
ho khóănos 		τὼ χοᾰ́νω
tṑ khoắnō 		οἱ χόᾰνοι
hoi khóănoi
Genitive τοῦ χοᾰ́νου
toû khoắnou 		τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν
toîn khoắnoin 		τῶν χοᾰ́νων
tôn khoắnōn
Dative τῷ χοᾰ́νῳ
tōî khoắnōi 		τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν
toîn khoắnoin 		τοῖς χοᾰ́νοις
toîs khoắnois
Accusative τὸν χόᾰνον
tòn khóănon 		τὼ χοᾰ́νω
tṑ khoắnō 		τοὺς χοᾰ́νους
toùs khoắnous
Vocative χόᾰνε
khóăne 		χοᾰ́νω
khoắnō 		χόᾰνοι
khóănoi
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) “χοάνη (> VAR χόανος, χοή, χοῦς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1640

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