Οὗννος

Οὗννος

See also: Ούννος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Hsiungnu).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hôːn.nos/ → /ˈun.nos/ → /ˈu.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hôːn.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)un.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈun.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈun.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.nos/

Noun

Οὗννος • (Hoûnnos) m (genitive Οὕννου); second declension

1. Hun

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Οὗννος; τοῦ Οὕννου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Οὗννος ho Hoûnnos	τὼ Οὕννω tṑ Hoúnnō	οἱ Οὗννοι hoi Hoûnnoi
Genitive	τοῦ Οὕννου toû Hoúnnou	τοῖν Οὕννοιν toîn Hoúnnoin	τῶν Οὕννων tôn Hoúnnōn
Dative	τῷ Οὕννῳ tôi Hoúnnōi	τοῖν Οὕννοιν toîn Hoúnnoin	τοῖς Οὕννοις toîs Hoúnnois
Accusative	τὸν Οὗννον tòn Hoûnnon	τὼ Οὕννω tṑ Hoúnnō	τοὺς Οὕννους toùs Hoúnnous
Vocative	Οὗννε Hoûnne	Οὕννω Hoúnnō	Οὗννοι Hoûnnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ούννος (Oúnnos)

References

• Οὗννος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.