χαίνω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to χάσκω (kháskō, “to open the mouth, gape, yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-n- of the same meaning.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰǎi̯.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçɛ.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçe.no/
Verb
[edit]χαίνω • (khaínō)
- late present of χάσκω (kháskō)
Inflection
[edit] Present: χαίνω, χαίνομαι
Related terms
[edit]- χάος (kháos)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1616
Further reading
[edit]- “χαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963