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χόννος

chonnos

copper cup

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What it meant

1. χόννος · chonnos — Beekes

χόννος [m.] ‘copper cup’, a Cretan word (Hermonax apud Ath., H.). «Ὁ» VAR Plur. -o1 as the name of a festival (Gortyn V-IV*)? *ETYM Frisk comments that it is probably from χοῦς, χέω, comparing » ydavoc, » x@voc. Unclear. — [Beekes, s.v. χόννος, p. 1694]

2. χόννος · chonnos — Chantraine

χόννος : m. « coupe de cuivre », mot crétois (Hermonax ap. Ath., Eust.) cf. Hsch. χόνος ᾿ ποτήριον χάλκεον. L'attribution au crétois par Eustathe trouverait confirmation dans un nom de vase à Gortyne (gén. pl. χόννων 1. Cret. IV, 145,12, ve-1ve 5. av.) Et.: Forme apparemment authentique, mais peu claire ; à relier avec χόανος, χῶνος, voir s.u, χέω ? — [Chantraine, s.v. χόννος, p. 1289]

3. χόννος · chonnos — Frisk

χόννος m. "Kupferbecher’, kret. Wort (Hermonax ap. Ath., H.); pl. -o: als N. eines Festes (Gortyn. V-IV2)? --- Wohl von χοῦς, χέω; vgl. bes. χόανος, χῶνος. — [Frisk, s.v. χόννος, p. 2083]

4. χόννος · chonnos — LSJ

a copper cup

a copper cup, Hermonax ap. Ath. 11.502b, Eust. 1153.42 (χόνος Hsch.): pl., perh. name of a festival (cf. χόες, χύτροι,), Supp.Epigr. 1.414.11 (Gort., v/iv B. C.).

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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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