χοάνη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χώνη (khṓnē) — contracted
Etymology
From χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, instrument noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰo.á.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰoˈa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xoˈa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xoˈa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xoˈa.ni/
Noun
χοᾰ́νη • (khoánē) f (genitive χοᾰ́νης); first declension
- funnel (for pouring liquids)
- melting pot
- Synonym: χόᾰνος (khóanos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χοᾰ́νη hē khoánē |
τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khoánā |
αἱ χοᾰ́ναι hai khoánai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χοᾰ́νης tês khoánēs |
τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν toîn khoánain |
τῶν χοᾰνῶν tôn khoanôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χοᾰ́νῃ têi khoánēi |
τοῖν χοᾰ́ναιν toîn khoánain |
ταῖς χοᾰ́ναις taîs khoánais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χοᾰ́νην tḕn khoánēn |
τὼ χοᾰ́νᾱ tṑ khoánā |
τᾱ̀ς χοᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s khoánās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χοᾰ́νη khoánē |
χοᾰ́νᾱ khoánā |
χοᾰ́ναι khoánai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- χόᾰνος (khóanos)
Descendants
References
- “χοάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
- χοάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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