ἀχάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Hemmerdinger compares Egyptian hnw (“jar, unit of measure”), while Furnée compares Hittite 𒀀𒂵𒀭𒉌 (a-ga-an-ni /aganni/, “bowl”), Hurrian 𒀀𒂵𒀭𒉌 (a-ga-an-ni /aganni/, “bowl”), which is connected to Akkadian 𒀀𒂵𒉡 (a-ga-nu /agannu/, “large bowl, cauldron”). He also compares ἀγάννα (agánna, “sacred chariot”) and λαχάννα (lakhánna). Perhaps it is from Persian, but according to Beekes no solution can be offered.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kʰǎː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkʰa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ni/
Noun
ἀχᾱ́νη • (akhā́nē) f (genitive ἀχᾱ́νης); first declension
- name of a Persian measure
- chest, box
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀχᾱ́νη; τῆς ἀχᾱ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀχᾱ́νη hē akhā́nē | τὼ ἀχᾱ́νᾱ tṑ akhā́nā | αἱ ἀχᾶναι hai akhânai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀχᾱ́νης tês akhā́nēs | τοῖν ἀχᾱ́ναιν toîn akhā́nain | τῶν ἀχᾱνῶν tôn akhānôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀχᾱ́νῃ têi akhā́nēi | τοῖν ἀχᾱ́ναιν toîn akhā́nain | ταῖς ἀχᾱ́ναις taîs akhā́nais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀχᾱ́νην tḕn akhā́nēn | τὼ ἀχᾱ́νᾱ tṑ akhā́nā | τᾱ̀ς ἀχᾱ́νᾱς tā̀s akhā́nās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀχᾱ́νη akhā́nē | ἀχᾱ́νᾱ akhā́nā | ἀχᾶναι akhânai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀχάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀχάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀχάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN