ἀγάννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡán.na/ → /aˈɣan.na/ → /aˈɣa.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡán.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡan.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣan.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣan.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.na/

Noun

ἀγάννα • (agánna)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: a holy wagon
2. (astronomy) Ursa Major, a constellation

References

• “ἀγάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγάννα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α