Κάνναι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kán.nai̯/ → /ˈkan.nɛ/ → /ˈka.ne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kán.nai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ne/

Proper noun

Κᾰ́νναι • (Kánnai) f pl (genitive Κᾰννῶν); first declension

1. Cannae; Canne della Battaglia, Italy

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κᾰ́νναι; τῶν Κᾰννῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κᾰ́νναι hai Kánnai
Genitive	τῶν Κᾰννῶν tôn Kannôn
Dative	ταῖς Κᾰ́νναις taîs Kánnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κᾰ́ννᾱς tā̀s Kánnās
Vocative	Κᾰ́νναι Kánnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Italian: Canne della Battaglia
• Latin: Cannae

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005