χόδανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare χέζω (khézō, “defecate”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰó.da.nos/ → /ˈxo.ða.nos/ → /ˈxo.ða.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰó.da.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.da.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxo.ða.nos/

Noun

χόδᾰνος • (khódanos) m (genitive χοδᾰ́νου); second declension

1. (hapax) butt, buttocks

Further reading

• “χόδανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χόδανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette