Χήν

goose

Translated by David Whitehead26 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[*xh/n, genitive] xhno/s: a little goose.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χήν, χηνός· τὸ χηνάριον.

Betacode

*xh/n, xhno/s: to\ xhna/rion.

From Indo-European *ghans-, whence Latin anser and English "goose, gander."
cf. generally chi 283, chi 284. chi 286.

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