χήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χᾱ́ν (khā́n) Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), and Old English gōs (English goose).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χήν (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension

  1. goose

Declension

Descendants

References

  • χήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χήν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χήν in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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