χανδός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan- / *gʰan- (“to yawn, to gape”), the same root of χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰan.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰanˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xanˈdos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xanˈdos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xanˈdos/
Adjective
χᾰνδός • (khandós) m (feminine χᾰνδή, neuter χᾰνδόν); first/second declension
- yawning, roomy
Inflection
First and second declension of χᾰνδός; χᾰνδή; χᾰνδόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | χᾰνδός khandós | χᾰνδή khandḗ | χᾰνδόν khandón | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́ | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδοί khandoí | χᾰνδαί khandaí | χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá | |||||
Genitive | χᾰνδοῦ khandoû | χᾰνδῆς khandês | χᾰνδοῦ khandoû | χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn | χᾰνδαῖν khandaîn | χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn | χᾰνδῶν khandôn | χᾰνδῶν khandôn | χᾰνδῶν khandôn | |||||
Dative | χᾰνδῷ khandôi | χᾰνδῇ khandêi | χᾰνδῷ khandôi | χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn | χᾰνδαῖν khandaîn | χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn | χᾰνδοῖς khandoîs | χᾰνδαῖς khandaîs | χᾰνδοῖς khandoîs | |||||
Accusative | χᾰνδόν khandón | χᾰνδήν khandḗn | χᾰνδόν khandón | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́ | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδούς khandoús | χᾰνδᾱ́ς khandā́s | χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá | |||||
Vocative | χᾰνδέ khandé | χᾰνδή khandḗ | χᾰνδόν khandón | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́ | χᾰνδώ khandṓ | χᾰνδοί khandoí | χᾰνδαί khandaí | χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χᾰνδῶς khandôs | χᾰνδότερος khandóteros | χᾰνδότᾰτος khandótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- χανδός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “χάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1616