χάος

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Ancient GreekEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

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

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ος tò kháos	τὼ χᾰ́ει tṑ kháei	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́η tà kháē
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰ́ους toû kháous	τοῖν χᾰοῖν toîn khaoîn	τῶν χᾰῶν tôn khaôn
Dative	τῷ χᾰ́ει tôi kháei	τοῖν χᾰοῖν toîn khaoîn	τοῖς χᾰ́εσῐ(ν) toîs kháesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ος tò kháos	τὼ χᾰ́ει tṑ kháei	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́η tà kháē
Vocative	χᾰ́ος kháos	χᾰ́ει kháei	χᾰ́η kháē
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

Second declension of χᾰ́ος; χᾰ́ον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χᾰ́ος kháos	χᾰ́ον kháon		χᾰ́ω kháō	χᾰ́ω kháō		χᾰ́οι kháoi	χᾰ́ᾰ kháa
Genitive		χᾰ́ου kháou	χᾰ́ου kháou		χᾰ́οιν kháoin	χᾰ́οιν kháoin		χᾰ́ων kháōn	χᾰ́ων kháōn
Dative		χᾰ́ῳ kháōi	χᾰ́ῳ kháōi		χᾰ́οιν kháoin	χᾰ́οιν kháoin		χᾰ́οις kháois	χᾰ́οις kháois
Accusative		χᾰ́ον kháon	χᾰ́ον kháon		χᾰ́ω kháō	χᾰ́ω kháō		χᾰ́ους kháous	χᾰ́ᾰ kháa
Vocative		χᾰ́ε kháe	χᾰ́ον kháon		χᾰ́ω kháō	χᾰ́ω kháō		χᾰ́οι kháoi	χᾰ́ᾰ kháa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χᾰ́ως kháōs			χᾰώτερος khaṓteros			χᾰώτᾰτος khaṓtatos
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