ΧΗΝΕΣ, χηνες
CHĒNES, chēnes
Sounds Like: KHE-nes
Translations: geese, a goose
From the root: ΧΗΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to geese, the plural form of 'goose'. It is used to describe multiple birds of this type. For example, one might say 'the geese are in the field'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:145
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΗΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΗΝ — goose, a goose
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