Χαονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Χᾱ́ων (Khā́ōn, “Chaon, its claimed founder”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰaː.o.ní.aː/ → /xa.oˈni.a/ → /xa.oˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰaː.o.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.oˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.oˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.oˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.oˈni.a/

Proper noun

Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ • (Khāoníā) f (genitive Χᾱονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Chaonia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Χᾱονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ hē Khāoníā
Genitive	τῆς Χᾱονῐ́ᾱς tês Khāoníās
Dative	τῇ Χᾱονῐ́ᾳ têi Khāoníāi
Accusative	τὴν Χᾱονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Khāoníān
Vocative	Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ Khāoníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Chaonia
• Greek: Χαονία (Chaonía)
• Latin: Chāonia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006