Χάων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰǎː.ɔːn/ → /ˈxa.on/ → /ˈxa.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰǎː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.on/

Proper noun

Χᾱ́ων • (Khā́ōn) m (genitive Χᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. Chaon

Noun

Χᾱ́ων • (Khā́ōn) m (genitive Χᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. An inhabitant of Chaonia; a Chaonian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Χᾱ́ων; τοῦ Χᾱ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χᾱ́ων ho Khā́ōn	τὼ Χᾱ́ονε tṑ Khā́one	οἱ Χᾱ́ονες hoi Khā́ones
Genitive	τοῦ Χᾱ́ονος toû Khā́onos	τοῖν Χᾱόνοιν toîn Khāónoin	τῶν Χᾱόνων tôn Khāónōn
Dative	τῷ Χᾱ́ονῐ tôi Khā́oni	τοῖν Χᾱόνοιν toîn Khāónoin	τοῖς Χᾱ́οσῐ / Χᾱ́οσῐν toîs Khā́osi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Χᾱ́ονᾰ tòn Khā́ona	τὼ Χᾱ́ονε tṑ Khā́one	τοὺς Χᾱ́ονᾰς toùs Khā́onas
Vocative	Χᾶον Khâon	Χᾱ́ονε Khā́one	Χᾱ́ονες Khā́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ (Khāoníā)

Descendants

• English: Chaon
• Greek: Χάων (Cháon); Χάονας (Cháonas)
• Latin: Chāon

References

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