ταναός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us. Cognates include Sanskrit तनु (tanú), Latin tenuis, and Old English þynne (English thin). Also see τανύω (tanúō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.na.ós/ → /ta.naˈos/ → /ta.naˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.na.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.naˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.naˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.naˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.naˈos/

Adjective

τᾰνᾰός • (tanaós) m (feminine τᾰνᾰή, neuter τᾰνᾰόν); first/second declension

1. outstretched, long, tall, large

Inflection

First and second declension of τᾰνᾰός; τᾰνᾰή; τᾰνᾰόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τᾰνᾰός tanaós	τᾰνᾰή tanaḗ	τᾰνᾰόν tanaón		τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ	τᾰνᾰᾱ́ tanaā́	τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ		τᾰνᾰοί tanaoí	τᾰνᾰαί tanaaí	τᾰνᾰᾰ́ tanaá
Genitive		τᾰνᾰοῦ tanaoû	τᾰνᾰῆς tanaês	τᾰνᾰοῦ tanaoû		τᾰνᾰοῖν tanaoîn	τᾰνᾰαῖν tanaaîn	τᾰνᾰοῖν tanaoîn		τᾰνᾰῶν tanaôn	τᾰνᾰῶν tanaôn	τᾰνᾰῶν tanaôn
Dative		τᾰνᾰῷ tanaôi	τᾰνᾰῇ tanaêi	τᾰνᾰῷ tanaôi		τᾰνᾰοῖν tanaoîn	τᾰνᾰαῖν tanaaîn	τᾰνᾰοῖν tanaoîn		τᾰνᾰοῖς tanaoîs	τᾰνᾰαῖς tanaaîs	τᾰνᾰοῖς tanaoîs
Accusative		τᾰνᾰόν tanaón	τᾰνᾰήν tanaḗn	τᾰνᾰόν tanaón		τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ	τᾰνᾰᾱ́ tanaā́	τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ		τᾰνᾰούς tanaoús	τᾰνᾰᾱ́ς tanaā́s	τᾰνᾰᾰ́ tanaá
Vocative		τᾰνᾰέ tanaé	τᾰνᾰή tanaḗ	τᾰνᾰόν tanaón		τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ	τᾰνᾰᾱ́ tanaā́	τᾰνᾰώ tanaṓ		τᾰνᾰοί tanaoí	τᾰνᾰαί tanaaí	τᾰνᾰᾰ́ tanaá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τᾰνᾰῶς tanaôs				τᾰνᾰώτερος tanaṓteros				τᾰνᾰώτᾰτος tanaṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Also sometimes ταναός, -όν

Further reading

• “ταναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ταναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ταναός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ταναός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ταναός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • flowing idem, page 330.
  • streaming idem, page 824.
  • sweeping idem, page 847.
  • tanaus (river) idem, page 855.
  • trailing idem, page 886.