νᾶνος
See also: νάνος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νᾰ́ννος (nánnos)
Etymology
Possibly onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nâː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.nos/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νᾶνος ho nânos |
τὼ νᾱ́νω tṑ nā́nō |
οἱ νᾶνοι hoi nânoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾱ́νου toû nā́nou |
τοῖν νᾱ́νοιν toîn nā́noin |
τῶν νᾱ́νων tôn nā́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾱ́νῳ tôi nā́nōi |
τοῖν νᾱ́νοιν toîn nā́noin |
τοῖς νᾱ́νοις toîs nā́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νᾶνον tòn nânon |
τὼ νᾱ́νω tṑ nā́nō |
τοὺς νᾱ́νους toùs nā́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾶνε nâne |
νᾱ́νω nā́nō |
νᾶνοι nânoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- νανίον (naníon)
- νανοφυής (nanophuḗs)
- νανώδης (nanṓdēs)
Descendants
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νᾶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 995
Further reading
- “νᾶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νᾶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νᾶνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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