Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan- / *gʰan- (“to yawn, to gape”), the same root of χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”).
χᾰ́νος • (khános) n (genitive χᾰ́νεος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ χᾰ́νος tò khános |
τὼ χᾰ́νεε tṑ khánee |
τᾰ̀ χᾰ́νεᾰ tà khánea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰ́νεος toû kháneos |
τοῖν χᾰνέοιν toîn khanéoin |
τῶν χᾰνέων tôn khanéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰ́νεῐ̈ tôi kháneï |
τοῖν χᾰνέοιν toîn khanéoin |
τοῖς χᾰ́νεσῐ / χᾰ́νεσῐν toîs khánesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χᾰ́νος tò khános |
τὼ χᾰ́νεε tṑ khánee |
τᾰ̀ χᾰ́νεᾰ tà khánea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰ́νος khános |
χᾰ́νεε khánee |
χᾰ́νεᾰ khánea | ||||||||||
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