ἑανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *wehanós, a verbal noun of ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “to wear, to dress”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.a.nós/ → /e.aˈnos/ → /e.aˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.a.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/

Noun

ἑᾰνός • (heanós) m (genitive ἑᾰνοῦ); second declension

1. fine robe worn by women
2. sail of a boat

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἑᾰνός; τοῦ ἑᾰνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑᾰνός ho heanós	τὼ ἑᾰνώ tṑ heanṓ	οἱ ἑᾰνοί hoi heanoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἑᾰνοῦ toû heanoû	τοῖν ἑᾰνοῖν toîn heanoîn	τῶν ἑᾰνῶν tôn heanôn
Dative	τῷ ἑᾰνῷ tôi heanôi	τοῖν ἑᾰνοῖν toîn heanoîn	τοῖς ἑᾰνοῖς toîs heanoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἑᾰνόν tòn heanón	τὼ ἑᾰνώ tṑ heanṓ	τοὺς ἑᾰνούς toùs heanoús
Vocative	ἑᾰνέ heané	ἑᾰνώ heanṓ	ἑᾰνοί heanoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑανηφόρος (heanēphóros)

Etymology 2

No etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.aː.nós/ → /e.aˈnos/ → /e.aˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.aː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.aˈnos/

Adjective

ἑᾱνός • (heānós) m (feminine ἑᾱνή, neuter ἑᾱνόν); first/second declension

1. fine (of fabrics or materials like tin)

Inflection

First and second declension of ἑᾱνός; ἑᾱνή; ἑᾱνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑᾱνός heānós	ἑᾱνή heānḗ	ἑᾱνόν heānón		ἑᾱνώ heānṓ	ἑᾱνᾱ́ heānā́	ἑᾱνώ heānṓ		ἑᾱνοί heānoí	ἑᾱναί heānaí	ἑᾱνᾰ́ heāná
Genitive		ἑᾱνοῦ heānoû	ἑᾱνῆς heānês	ἑᾱνοῦ heānoû		ἑᾱνοῖν heānoîn	ἑᾱναῖν heānaîn	ἑᾱνοῖν heānoîn		ἑᾱνῶν heānôn	ἑᾱνῶν heānôn	ἑᾱνῶν heānôn
Dative		ἑᾱνῷ heānôi	ἑᾱνῇ heānêi	ἑᾱνῷ heānôi		ἑᾱνοῖν heānoîn	ἑᾱναῖν heānaîn	ἑᾱνοῖν heānoîn		ἑᾱνοῖς heānoîs	ἑᾱναῖς heānaîs	ἑᾱνοῖς heānoîs
Accusative		ἑᾱνόν heānón	ἑᾱνήν heānḗn	ἑᾱνόν heānón		ἑᾱνώ heānṓ	ἑᾱνᾱ́ heānā́	ἑᾱνώ heānṓ		ἑᾱνούς heānoús	ἑᾱνᾱ́ς heānā́s	ἑᾱνᾰ́ heāná
Vocative		ἑᾱνέ heāné	ἑᾱνή heānḗ	ἑᾱνόν heānón		ἑᾱνώ heānṓ	ἑᾱνᾱ́ heānā́	ἑᾱνώ heānṓ		ἑᾱνοί heānoí	ἑᾱναί heānaí	ἑᾱνᾰ́ heāná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑᾱνῶς heānôs				ἑᾱνότερος heānóteros				ἑᾱνότᾰτος heānótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἑανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑανός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἑανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑανός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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