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|Definition=ὁ and ἡ, Dor. χάν (q.v.), gen. <b class="b3">χηνός</b>: Ion. gen. pl. <b class="b3">χηνῶν</b> (not <b class="b3">χηνέων</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.45</span>; irreg. acc. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χένας <span class="title">AP</span>7.546:—<b class="b2">wild goose, Anser cinereus</b>, χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων <span class="bibl">Il.2.460</span>; χ. πλατυγίζων καὶ κεχηνώς <span class="bibl">Eub.115</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>593b22</span>; εἰ μὴ σὺ χηνὸς ἧπαρ ἢ ψυχὴν ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Eub.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">tame goose</b>, χῆν' ἥρπαξ' ἀτιταλλομένην ἐνὶ οἴκῳ <span class="bibl">Od.15.174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">161</span>; χῆνές μοι κατὰ οἶκον ἐείκοσι πυρὸν ἔδουσιν <span class="bibl">19.536</span>; χ. τιθασός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>866</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ χῆνα σιτευτὸν . . ἔτρεφέ με</b> Epigen.<span class="bibl">2</span>; <b class="b3">γάλακτι χηνός</b>, of an unknown luxury, <span class="bibl">Eub.90.5</span>; ἥπατα χηνῶν Plu.2.965a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">νὴ</b> or <b class="b3">μὰ τὸν χῆνα</b> was Socrates' oath, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>521</span> (anap., ubi v. Sch.), <span class="bibl">Cratin.231</span>, <span class="bibl">Zen.5.81</span>. (Cf. Skt. [[haṃsás]], Lith. [[žąsìs]], OHG. [[gans]], all = [[goose]].) </span>