χάνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰ́νος • (khános) n (genitive χᾰ́νεος); third declension

  1. mouth

Inflection

References

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