σάνδανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σάνταλον (sántalon)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चन्दन (candana), probably via a Middle Indo-Aryan form such as Gandhari 𐨕𐨎𐨡𐨣𐨎 (caṃdanaṃ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.da.non/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.da.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsan.da.non/

Noun

σάνδανον • (sándanon) n (genitive σανδάνου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) Indian sandalwood, Santalum album

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σάνδανον; τοῦ σανδάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σάνδανον tò sándanon	τὼ σανδάνω tṑ sandánō	τᾰ̀ σάνδανᾰ tà sándana
Genitive	τοῦ σανδάνου toû sandánou	τοῖν σανδάνοιν toîn sandánoin	τῶν σανδάνων tôn sandánōn
Dative	τῷ σανδάνῳ tôi sandánōi	τοῖν σανδάνοιν toîn sandánoin	τοῖς σανδάνοις toîs sandánois
Accusative	τὸ σάνδανον tò sándanon	τὼ σανδάνω tṑ sandánō	τᾰ̀ σάνδανᾰ tà sándana
Vocative	σάνδανον sándanon	σανδάνω sandánō	σάνδανᾰ sándana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σάνδανον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• σάνδαλον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “σάνδανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press