βάναυσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Generally taken as an haplology from *βαύναυσος, in turn a compound of βαῦνος (baûnos, “furnace”) and αὔω (aúō, “to scoop, light a fire”). Beekes disregards this proposal as folk etymology and suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bá.nau̯.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈba.naʍ.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.naɸ.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.naf.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.naf.sos/
Adjective
βᾰ́ναυσος • (bánausos) m or f (neuter βᾰ́ναυσον); second declension
- artisanal, handmade, handcrafted
- (figuratively) vulgar, base, unworthy
- (later) fastidious, meticulous
Declension
Second declension of βᾰ́ναυσος; βᾰ́ναυσον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | βᾰ́ναυσος bánausos | βᾰ́ναυσον bánauson | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰ́ναυσοι bánausoi | βᾰ́ναυσᾰ bánausa | ||||||||
Genitive | βᾰναύσου banaúsou | βᾰναύσου banaúsou | βᾰναύσοιν banaúsoin | βᾰναύσοιν banaúsoin | βᾰναύσων banaúsōn | βᾰναύσων banaúsōn | ||||||||
Dative | βᾰναύσῳ banaúsōi | βᾰναύσῳ banaúsōi | βᾰναύσοιν banaúsoin | βᾰναύσοιν banaúsoin | βᾰναύσοις banaúsois | βᾰναύσοις banaúsois | ||||||||
Accusative | βᾰ́ναυσον bánauson | βᾰ́ναυσον bánauson | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰναύσους banaúsous | βᾰ́ναυσᾰ bánausa | ||||||||
Vocative | βᾰ́ναυσε bánause | βᾰ́ναυσον bánauson | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰ́ναυσοι bánausoi | βᾰ́ναυσᾰ bánausa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βᾰναύσως banaúsōs | βᾰναυσότερος banausóteros | βᾰναυσότᾰτος banausótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βᾰναυσῐ́ᾱ (banausíā)
- βᾰναυσῐκός (banausikós)
- βᾰναυσοτεχνέω (banausotekhnéō)
- βᾰναυσουργός (banausourgós)
Noun
βᾰ́ναυσος • (bánausos) m (genitive βᾰναύσου); second declension
- artisan, craftsman
- Synonym: τεχνῑ́της (tekhnī́tēs)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́ναυσος; τοῦ βᾰναύσου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βᾰ́ναυσος ho bánausos | τὼ βᾰναύσω tṑ banaúsō | οἱ βᾰ́ναυσοι hoi bánausoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰναύσου toû banaúsou | τοῖν βᾰναύσοιν toîn banaúsoin | τῶν βᾰναύσων tôn banaúsōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰναύσῳ tôi banaúsōi | βᾰναύσοιν banaúsoin | τοῖς βᾰναύσοις toîs banaúsois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βᾰ́ναυσον tòn bánauson | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | τοὺς βᾰναύσους toùs banaúsous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰ́ναυσε bánause | βᾰναύσω banaúsō | βᾰ́ναυσοι bánausoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → German: Banause
Further reading
- βάναυσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βάναυσος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βάναυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βάναυσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “βάναυσος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199