χόανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”) and χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰó.a.nos/ → /ˈxo.a.nos/ → /ˈxo.a.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰó.a.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.a.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.a.nos/

Noun

χόᾰνος • (khóanos) m (genitive χοᾰ́νου); second declension

1. melting pot, crucible
2. mould for casting metal in

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόᾰνος; τοῦ χοᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χόᾰνος ho khóanos	τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoánō	οἱ χόᾰνοι hoi khóanoi
Genitive	τοῦ χοᾰ́νου toû khoánou	τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoánoin	τῶν χοᾰ́νων tôn khoánōn
Dative	τῷ χοᾰ́νῳ tôi khoánōi	τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν toîn khoánoin	τοῖς χοᾰ́νοις toîs khoánois
Accusative	τὸν χόᾰνον tòn khóanon	τὼ χοᾰ́νω tṑ khoánō	τοὺς χοᾰ́νους toùs khoánous
Vocative	χόᾰνε khóane	χοᾰ́νω khoánō	χόᾰνοι khóanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χόανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χόανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette