βαῦνος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βαύνη (baúnē), βαυνός (baunós)
Etymology
Unknown. Beekes doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin in view of the technicality of this word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bâu̯.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.βnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.vnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.vnos/
Noun
βαῦνος • (baûnos) m (genitive βαύνου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βαῦνος ho baûnos |
τὼ βαύνω tṑ baúnō |
οἱ βαῦνοι hoi baûnoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαύνου toû baúnou |
τοῖν βαύνοιν toîn baúnoin |
τῶν βαύνων tôn baúnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαύνῳ tōî baúnōi |
τοῖν βαύνοιν toîn baúnoin |
τοῖς βαύνοις toîs baúnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βαῦνον tòn baûnon |
τὼ βαύνω tṑ baúnō |
τοὺς βαύνους toùs baúnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαῦνε baûne |
βαύνω baúnō |
βαῦνοι baûnoi | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- βάναυσος (bánausos)
Further reading
- “βαῦνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαῦνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαῦνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βαῦνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208