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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[dwarf]] (Ar. Fr. 427, Arist., Longin., H., POxy. 465, 225; IIp); also a cake from oil and cheese (Ath. 14, 646 c).<br />Other forms: mss. often <b class="b3">νάννος</b>; on the notation <b class="b3">νάννος</b> (hypocorist. gemination) beside <b class="b3">να̃νος</b> cf. Schwyzer 268.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">ναννο-φυής</b> <b class="b2">of dwarfish stature</b> (Ar. Pax 790).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">νανώδης</b> [[dwarflike]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">ναννούδιον</b> <b class="b2">lap-dog</b> (sch. Luc. Conv. 19).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Lallwort of unknown origin; cf. Schwyzer 423, Björck Alpha impurum 67. Diff. Mahlow Neue Wege 176: from <b class="b3">*νεανός</b> (s. <b class="b3">νέος</b>) with accentshift. Lat. LW [loanword] [[nānus]] (> Fr. [[nain]] etc.), s. W.-Hofmann s.v.; rejected by DELG. -- On the different names of the dwarf s. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 707 f.

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