χάος

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Ancient GreekEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.os/ → /ˈxa.os/ → /ˈxa.os/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.os/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.os/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.os/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.os/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.os/

Etymology 1Edit

Uncertain. Has traditionally been connected to χαίνω (khaínō), χάσκω (kháskō, “I gape, yawn”)

NounEdit

χᾰ́ος • (kháos) n (genitive χᾰ́εος or χᾰ́ους); third declension

1. the primordial state of existence
2. space, air
3. abyss, chasm
4. infinite darkness

DeclensionEdit

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́ος; τοῦ χᾰ́εος (Uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ος	τὼ χᾰ́εε	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́εᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰ́εος	τοῖν χᾰέοιν	τῶν χᾰέων
Dative	τῷ χᾰ́εῐ̈	τοῖν χᾰέοιν	τοῖς χᾰ́εσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ος	τὼ χᾰ́εε	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́εᾰ
Vocative	χᾰ́ος	χᾰ́εε	χᾰ́εᾰ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́ος; τοῦ χᾰ́ους (Contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ος	τὼ χᾰ́ει	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́η
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰ́ους	τοῖν χᾰοῖν	τῶν χᾰῶν
Dative	τῷ χᾰ́ει	τοῖν χᾰοῖν	τοῖς χᾰ́εσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ος	τὼ χᾰ́ει	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́η
Vocative	χᾰ́ος	χᾰ́ει	χᾰ́η
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

DescendantsEdit

• → English: chaos
• → Georgian: ქაოსი (kaosi)
• Greek: χάος (cháos)
• → Latin: chaos
• → Russian: хаос (xaos)

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

χᾰ́ος • (kháos) m, f (neuter χᾰ́ον); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of χάϊος (kháïos) "genuine, true"

DeclensionEdit

Declension of χᾰ́ος; χᾰ́ον

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χᾰ́ος	χᾰ́ον		χᾰ́ω	χᾰ́ω		χᾰ́οι	χᾰ́ᾰ
Genitive		χᾰ́ου	χᾰ́ου		χᾰ́οιν	χᾰ́οιν		χᾰ́ων	χᾰ́ων
Dative		χᾰ́ῳ	χᾰ́ῳ		χᾰ́οιν	χᾰ́οιν		χᾰ́οις	χᾰ́οις
Accusative		χᾰ́ον	χᾰ́ον		χᾰ́ω	χᾰ́ω		χᾰ́ους	χᾰ́ᾰ
Vocative		χᾰ́ε	χᾰ́ον		χᾰ́ω	χᾰ́ω		χᾰ́οι	χᾰ́ᾰ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χᾰ́ως			χᾰώτερος			χᾰώτᾰτος
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further readingEdit

• χάος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χάος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «χάος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• 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

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GreekEdit

NounEdit

χάος • (cháos) n (plural χάη)

1. chaos, disorder, mess
2. (mathematics) chaos

DeclensionEdit

declension of χάος

	singular	plural
nominative	χάος •	χάη •
genitive	χάους •	χαών •
accusative	χάος •	χάη •
vocative	χάος •	χάη •

SynonymsEdit

• (disorder, chaos): ακαταστασία f (akatastasía)

Further readingEdit

• χάος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el