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|Definition=ὁ, [[mother's]] or [[father's brother]], [[uncle]], <span class="bibl">Eust.971.26</span>; but, [[mother's brother]], <span class="bibl">Poll.3.22</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).1628 (Thera), cj. in Epigr. ap. Plu.2.1033e; or (in poetry), [[mother's father]], <span class="bibl">Poll.3.16</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[νόννος]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]); cf. [[νάννας]], [[νίννη]].

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(maternal) uncle</b> (Thera, Poll., H., Eust.), [[maternal grandfather]] (Poll.; [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[νόννος]]; on the meaning cf. [[μήτρως]]).<br />Derivatives: Besides <b class="b3">νάνναν τὸν τῆς μητρὸς η τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδελφόν οἱ δε την τούτων ἀδελφήν</b>. <b class="b3">νάννη μητρὸς ἀδελφή</b> H. Cf. also <b class="b3">νίν(ν)η</b> f. about [[grandmother]], [[mother-in-law?]] (Thessalonica IIp).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Reduplicated Lall-words like e.g. Skt. <b class="b2">nanā́</b> f. [[mother]], [[mamma]], NPers. [[nana]] <b class="b2">id.</b>, Slav., e.g. Serbocr. [[nana]] [[mother]], Russ. <b class="b2">njánja</b> [[nurse]]; prob. also Lat. [[nonnus]], [[-a]] [[monk]], [[nun]], also [[nurse-maid]]. Further details in the separate dictionaries. On the Greek words see Schwyzer 315, 339, 423. Fur. 392 compares [[ἐνεός]]. which is not convincing.

|ftr='''νέννος''': {nénnos}<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': ‘(mütterlicher) Oheim' (Thera, Poll., H., Eust.), [[mütterlicher Großvater]] (Poll.; [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[νόννος]]; zur Bed. vgl. [[μήτρως]]);<br />'''Derivative''': daneben νάνναν· τὸν τῆς μητρὸς ἢ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδελφόν· οἱ δὲ τὴν τούτων ἀδελφήν. [[νάννη]]· μητρὸς [[ἀδελφή]] H. Vgl. auch [[νίν]](ν)η f. etwa ‘Großmutter, Schwiegermutter?’ (Thessalonike II^p).<br />'''Etymology''': Reduplizierte Lallwörter wie z.B. aind. ''nanā́'' f. [[Mutter]], [[Mütterchen]], npers. ''nana'' ib., slav., z.B. serbokr. ''nana'' [[Mutter]], russ. ''njánja'' [[Kinderwärterin]]; wohl auch lat. ''nonnus'', -''a'' [[Mönch]], [[Nonne]], auch ‘Kinderwärter(in), Erzieher(in)’. Weitere Einzelheiten in den einschlägigen Spezialwörterbüchern. Zu den griech. Wörtern noch Schwyzer 315, 339, 423.<br />'''Page''' 2,304