Πάν

See also: παν, πᾶν, παν-, πάν-, and Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In the Homeric Hymn to Hermes it is claimed that Πάν (Pán) derives from πᾶν (pân), neuter nominative singular of πᾶς (pâs, “every”) because "he delighted all".

Alternatively, the deity may be of Indo-European origin; see Sanskrit पूषन् (pūṣan) "Pushan," literally "nourisher," a Vedic god associated with guarding and multiplying cattle, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǎːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pan/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pan/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pan/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pan/

Proper noun

Πᾱ́ν • (Pā́n) m (genitive Πᾱνός); third declension

(Greek mythology) Pan, the Greek god of shepherds and nature

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πᾱ́ν; τοῦ Πᾱνός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾱ́ν ho Pā́n
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾱνός toû Pānós
Dative	τῷ Πᾱνῐ́ tôi Pāní
Accusative	τὸν Πᾶνᾰ tòn Pâna
Vocative	Πᾱ́ν Pā́n
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Πάνας (Pánas)
Latin: Pan
Russian: Пан (Pan)

References

Πάν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Πάν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Πάν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Πάν in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020

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