χανδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan- / *gʰan- (“to yawn, to gape”), the same root of χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰan.dós/ → /xanˈdos/ → /xanˈdos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰan.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰanˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xanˈdos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xanˈdos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xanˈdos/

Adjective

χᾰνδός • (khandós) m (feminine χᾰνδή, neuter χᾰνδόν); first/second declension

1. yawning, roomy

Inflection

First and second declension of χᾰνδός; χᾰνδή; χᾰνδόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χᾰνδός khandós	χᾰνδή khandḗ	χᾰνδόν khandón		χᾰνδώ khandṓ	χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́	χᾰνδώ khandṓ		χᾰνδοί khandoí	χᾰνδαί khandaí	χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá
Genitive		χᾰνδοῦ khandoû	χᾰνδῆς khandês	χᾰνδοῦ khandoû		χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn	χᾰνδαῖν khandaîn	χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn		χᾰνδῶν khandôn	χᾰνδῶν khandôn	χᾰνδῶν khandôn
Dative		χᾰνδῷ khandôi	χᾰνδῇ khandêi	χᾰνδῷ khandôi		χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn	χᾰνδαῖν khandaîn	χᾰνδοῖν khandoîn		χᾰνδοῖς khandoîs	χᾰνδαῖς khandaîs	χᾰνδοῖς khandoîs
Accusative		χᾰνδόν khandón	χᾰνδήν khandḗn	χᾰνδόν khandón		χᾰνδώ khandṓ	χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́	χᾰνδώ khandṓ		χᾰνδούς khandoús	χᾰνδᾱ́ς khandā́s	χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá
Vocative		χᾰνδέ khandé	χᾰνδή khandḗ	χᾰνδόν khandón		χᾰνδώ khandṓ	χᾰνδᾱ́ khandā́	χᾰνδώ khandṓ		χᾰνδοί khandoí	χᾰνδαί khandaí	χᾰνδᾰ́ khandá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χᾰνδῶς khandôs				χᾰνδότερος khandóteros				χᾰνδότᾰτος khandótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χανδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1616