τᾶν

See also: τάν and ταν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tâːn/ → /ˈtan/ → /ˈtan/

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

τᾶν • (tân) m (indeclinable)

1. (Attic) friendly term of address

   Alternative form: τᾱ́ν (tā́n)

Usage notes

• Only found in the vocative phrase ὦ τᾶν (ô tân) / ὦ τάν (ô tán).

Etymology 2

Article

τᾶν • (tân)

1. (Laconian) feminine genitive singular of ὁ (ho, “the”)
2. (Cretan, Lesbian) feminine genitive singular of ὀ (o, Cretan and Lesbian form of ὁ (ho, “the”))

Pronoun

τᾶν • (tân)

1. (Laconian) feminine genitive singular of ὁ (ho, demonstrative pronoun) and ὅ (hó, relative pronoun)
2. (Cretan, Lesbian) feminine genitive singular of ὀ (o, Cretan and Lesbian form of ὁ (ho, demonstrative pronoun)) and ὄ (ó, Cretan and Lesbian form of ὅ (hó, relative pronoun))

References

• “τᾶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τᾶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τᾶν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1448