χήν

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰā́n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (“heron”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χήν • (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension

  1. goose

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ χήν; τοῦ, τῆς χηνός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ χήν
ho, hē khḗn 		τὼ χῆνε
tṑ khêne 		οἱ, αἱ χῆνες
hoi, hai khênes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς χηνός
toû, tês khēnós 		τοῖν χηνοῖν
toîn khēnoîn 		τῶν χηνῶν
tôn khēnôn
Dative τῷ, τῇ χηνῐ́
tôi, têi khēní 		τοῖν χηνοῖν
toîn khēnoîn 		τοῖς, ταῖς χησῐ́ / χησῐ́ν
toîs, taîs khēsí(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν χῆνᾰ
tòn, tḕn khêna 		τὼ χῆνε
tṑ khêne 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς
toùs, tā̀s khênas
Vocative χήν
khḗn 		χῆνε
khêne 		χῆνες
khênes
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: χήνα (chína)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χήν, χηνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1630

Further reading

  • “χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “χήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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