χήν
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hellenic *kʰā́n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (“heron”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰe̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çin/
Noun edit
χήν • (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension
Declension edit
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ χήν ho, hē khḗn |
τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne |
οἱ, αἱ χῆνες hoi, hai khênes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς χηνός toû, tês khēnós |
τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn |
τῶν χηνῶν tôn khēnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ χηνῐ́ tôi, têi khēní |
τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς χησῐ́ / χησῐ́ν toîs, taîs khēsí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν χῆνᾰ tòn, tḕn khêna |
τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς toùs, tā̀s khênas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χήν khḗn |
χῆνε khêne |
χῆνες khênes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- χηνάγριον (khēnágrion)
- χηναλώπηξ (khēnalṓpēx)
- χηνάριον (khēnárion)
- χηνοβοσκός (khēnoboskós)
Descendants edit
- Greek: χήνα (chína)
References edit
- “χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χήν 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.