τᾶν

See also: τὰν, τάν, and ταν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tâːn/ → /tan/ → /tan/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tâːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tan/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tan/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tan/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tan/

Etymology 1

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Noun

τᾶν • (tân) m (indeclinable)

1. (Attic) A friendly term of address.

Usage notes

• Only found in the vocative phrase ὦ τᾶν / ὦ τάν.

Alternative forms

• τάν (tán)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

τᾶν • (tân) (Doric, Aeolic)

1. masculine/feminine/neuter genitive plural of ὁ (ho)
2. Pronunciation variant of τᾱ́ν (tā́n), feminine accusative singular of ὁ (ho)

Alternative forms

• τᾱ́ων (tā́ōn), τᾱῶν (tāôn), τᾱών (tāṓn) — Epic, Aeolic
• τῶν (tôn) — Attic, Ionic

References

• “τᾶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τᾶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τᾶν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1448