χόανος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”) and χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χόᾰνος • (khóanos) m (genitive χοᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. melting pot, crucible
  2. mould for casting metal in

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόᾰνος; τοῦ χοᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χόᾰνος
ho khóanos 		τὼ χοᾰ́νω
tṑ khoánō 		οἱ χόᾰνοι
hoi khóanoi
Genitive τοῦ χοᾰ́νου
toû khoánou 		τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν
toîn khoánoin 		τῶν χοᾰ́νων
tôn khoánōn
Dative τῷ χοᾰ́νῳ
tôi khoánōi 		τοῖν χοᾰ́νοιν
toîn khoánoin 		τοῖς χοᾰ́νοις
toîs khoánois
Accusative τὸν χόᾰνον
tòn khóanon 		τὼ χοᾰ́νω
tṑ khoánō 		τοὺς χοᾰ́νους
toùs khoánous
Vocative χόᾰνε
khóane 		χοᾰ́νω
khoánō 		χόᾰνοι
khóanoi
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χοάνη (> VAR χόανος, χοή, χοῦς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1640

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