Onomatopoeic word; compare Latin nonnus (“monk; old person”), Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”), Sanskrit नना (nanā, “mother, mama”), Russian ня́ня (njánja, “nurse”). Within Greek, there are also νέννος (nénnos, “uncle”), νάννας (nánnas, “uncle”) and νίννη (nínnē, “grandmother”).
νόννος • (nónnos) m (genitive νόννου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ νόννος ho nónnos |
τὼ νόννω tṑ nónnō |
οἱ νόννοι hoi nónnoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νόννου toû nónnou |
τοῖν νόννοιν toîn nónnoin |
τῶν νόννων tôn nónnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νόννῳ tôi nónnōi |
τοῖν νόννοιν toîn nónnoin |
τοῖς νόννοις toîs nónnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νόννον tòn nónnon |
τὼ νόννω tṑ nónnō |
τοὺς νόννους toùs nónnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νόννε nónne |
νόννω nónnō |
νόννοι nónnoi | ||||||||||
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