Because of its basic meaning "loose, with holes, porous", is quite possible for this adjective to derive from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan- / *gʰan- (“to yawn, to gape”), like χάος (kháos, “abyss, chasm”), χαίνω (khaínō) and χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”).
χαῦνος • (khaûnos) m (feminine χαύνη, neuter χαῦνον); first/second declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | χαῦνος khaûnos |
χαύνη khaúnē |
χαῦνον khaûnon |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαύνᾱ khaúnā |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαῦνοι khaûnoi |
χαῦναι khaûnai |
χαῦνᾰ khaûna | |||||
| Genitive | χαύνου khaúnou |
χαύνης khaúnēs |
χαύνου khaúnou |
χαύνοιν khaúnoin |
χαύναιν khaúnain |
χαύνοιν khaúnoin |
χαύνων khaúnōn |
χαύνων khaúnōn |
χαύνων khaúnōn | |||||
| Dative | χαύνῳ khaúnōi |
χαύνῃ khaúnēi |
χαύνῳ khaúnōi |
χαύνοιν khaúnoin |
χαύναιν khaúnain |
χαύνοιν khaúnoin |
χαύνοις khaúnois |
χαύναις khaúnais |
χαύνοις khaúnois | |||||
| Accusative | χαῦνον khaûnon |
χαύνην khaúnēn |
χαῦνον khaûnon |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαύνᾱ khaúnā |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαύνους khaúnous |
χαύνᾱς khaúnās |
χαῦνᾰ khaûna | |||||
| Vocative | χαῦνε khaûne |
χαύνη khaúnē |
χαῦνον khaûnon |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαύνᾱ khaúnā |
χαύνω khaúnō |
χαῦνοι khaûnoi |
χαῦναι khaûnai |
χαῦνᾰ khaûna | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| χαύνως khaúnōs |
χαυνότερος khaunóteros |
χαυνότᾰτος khaunótatos | ||||||||||||
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