χόδανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare χέζω (khézō, “defecate”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰó.da.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.da.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/

Noun

χόδᾰνος • (khódănos) m (genitive χοδᾰ́νου); second declension

(hapax legomenon) butt, buttocks

Further reading

“χόδανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
χόδανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette