Ἀλανοί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἀλαῦνοι (Alaûnoi)

Etymology

From Proto-Sarmatian *Allān. Doublet of Ἀριανοί (Arianoí).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Ἀλᾱνοί • (Alānoí) m pl (genitive Ἀλᾱνῶν); first declension

  1. Alans (Scytho-Sarmatian tribe dwelling near the river Tanais north of the Black Sea)

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Ἀλᾱνοί; τῶν Ἀλᾱνῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ Ἀλᾱνοί
hoi Alānoí
Genitive τῶν Ἀλᾱνῶν
tôn Alānôn
Dative τοῖς Ἀλᾱνοῖς
toîs Alānoîs
Accusative τοὺς Ἀλᾱνούς
toùs Alānoús
Vocative Ἀλᾱνοί
Alānoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Ἀλᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Alānĭ́ā)
  • Ἀλᾱνῐκός (Alānĭkós)

Descendants

  • → Latin: Alānī

References

  1. ^ Agustí Alemany (2000) Sources on the Alans: A Critical Compilation‎[1], BRILL, →ISBN

Further reading

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