χοάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χώνη (khṓnē) — contracted

Etymology

From χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰo.á.nɛː/ → /xoˈa.ni/ → /xoˈa.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰo.á.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈa.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈa.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈa.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈa.ni/

Noun

χοᾰ́νη • (khoánē) f (genitive χοᾰ́νης); first declension

1. funnel (for pouring liquids)
   1. (anatomy) funnel-shaped hollow in the brain

      Synonyms: ληνός (lēnós), πῠ́ελος (púelos)

   2. (anatomy) hollow behind the eye
2. melting pot

   Synonym: χόᾰνος (khóanos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χοᾰ́νη; τῆς χοᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χοᾰ́νη hē khoánē	τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khoánā	αἱ χοᾰ́ναι hai khoánai
Genitive	τῆς χοᾰ́νης tês khoánēs	τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν toîn khoánain	τῶν χοᾰνῶν tôn khoanôn
Dative	τῇ χοᾰ́νῃ têi khoánēi	τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν toîn khoánain	ταῖς χοᾰ́ναις taîs khoánais
Accusative	τὴν χοᾰ́νην tḕn khoánēn	τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khoánā	τᾱ̀ς χοᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s khoánās
Vocative	χοᾰ́νη khoánē	χοᾰ́νᾱ khoánā	χοᾰ́ναι khoánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• χόᾰνος (khóanos)

Descendants

• → New Latin: choana
  • → English: choana

References

• “χοάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• χοάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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, →ISBN