ἀχάνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, name of a <span class="title">Persian</span> (also, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[Boeotian]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>566</span>) [[measure]], = <span class="bibl">45</span> [[μέδιμνοι]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>108</span>,<span class="bibl">109</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[chest]], [[box]], <span class="bibl">Phanod.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Arat.</span>6</span>. [ᾰχᾱ Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> ll. cc.]</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: name of a measure = 45 [[μέδιμνοι]] (Ar.); [[chest]], [[box]] (Phanod.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Hemmerdinger, Glotta 46 (1968) 54 compares Egypt. [[hn]] [[chest]] (Acc. <b class="b2">ḫannu</b>). Fur. 138 compared Hitt. [[aganni]], but this means [[bowl]] (and is connected with Acc. [[agannu]] [[bowl]], Kronasser Etym. 245, and Egypt. '[[ikn]] [[pot]]). He also compares <b class="b3">ἀγάννα ἄμαξα</b> <[[ἱερὰ]]> <b class="b3">και ἡ ἐν οὐρανῳ̃ ἄρκτος</b> H. (with [[ἄμαξα]] as [[box]]; and the Bear seen as a box?); also 392 [[λαχάννα]] H.