The corpus record

χοᾰν-η

choane

«ΝΑᾺ χόανος, χοή, χοῦς, -’"χέω

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What it meant

1. χοάνη · choanē — Beekes

χοάνη «ΝΑᾺ χόανος, χοή, χοῦς, -’"χέω. χοῖνιξ, -κος [f.] corn-measure = 4 κοτύλαι (since τ 28), metaph. a kind of fetter (Ar., D.), also of the socket of a door-hinge (Hell. pap.). *COMP As a first member in χοινικο-μέτρης ‘one who measures with a x. (as a daily ration) (Ath.), ὁμο-χοῖνιξ ‘one who shares a x. with someone else, fellow-slave’ (Plu.); further almost always thematically enlarged, e.g. … — [Beekes, s.v. χοάνη, p. 1691]

2. χοάνη · choanē — Chantraine

χοάνη, χόανος, oh, χοῦς, voir sous χέω. χοῖνιξ, -ἴχος : f., mesure de grain (Θά. 19,28, etc.) d’un volume de 4 cotyles (pour la chénice athénienne), ration quotidienne d’un homme (Hdt. 7,187, att., etc.), notam- — [Chantraine, s.v. χοάνη, p. 1285]

3. χοᾰν-η · choan-ē — LSJ

funnel

funnel, δίκην δὲ χοάνης (fort. ἀκοῇ δὲ χοάνην) ὦτα διετετρήνατο Ar. Th. 18, cf. Ph. 1.245; κύλικας ἀντλεῖν διὰ χώνης Pherecr. 108.31; καταχεῖν ὥσπερ διὰ χώνης Pl. R. 411a; as a name of the throat, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.3; as nickname of a great drinker, Ath. 10.436e.

2 funnel-shaped hollow in the brain

Medic., funnel-shaped hollow in the brain, also called ληνός, πύελος, Herophil. ap. Theophil. Corp.Fabr. 4.5.5.

3 hollow

hollow behind the eye, cj. in Emp. 84.9 (pl.).

II melting-pot

= χόανος, melting-pot, Posidon. 48J., Dsc. 5.75, AP 9.528 (Pall.).—The form χοάνη is said by Moer. p.401P. to be Att. (cf. IG 12313.127, 314.144), χώνη Hellenic.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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