χόανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”) and χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰó.a.nos/ → /ˈxo.a.nos/ → /ˈxo.a.nos/

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

Noun

χόᾰνος • (khóănos) m (genitive χοᾰ́νου); second declension

1. melting pot, crucible
2. mould for casting metal in

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόᾰνος; τοῦ χοᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χόᾰνος ho khóănos	τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoắnō	οἱ χόᾰνοι hoi khóănoi
Genitive	τοῦ χοᾰ́νου toû khoắnou	τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoắnoin	τῶν χοᾰ́νων tôn khoắnōn
Dative	τῷ χοᾰ́νῳ tôi khoắnōi	τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoắnoin	τοῖς χοᾰ́νοις toîs khoắnois
Accusative	τὸν χόᾰνον tòn khóănon	τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoắnō	τοὺς χοᾰ́νους toùs khoắnous
Vocative	χόᾰνε khóăne	χοᾰ́νω khoắnō	χόᾰνοι khóănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χόανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette