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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κενός (kenós, “empty, hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke.ne.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ce.neˈon/ → /ce.neˈon/
Noun
κενεών • (keneṓn) m (genitive κενεῶνος); third declension
- (anatomy) hollow between ribs and hip, flank
- Synonym: λᾰγών (lagṓn)
- hollow of the peritonaeum
- any hollow; vacant space
Inflection
Further reading
- “κενεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κενεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κενεών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κενεών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κενεών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963