ἈΛΑΝΩΝ, ἀλανων
ALANŌN, alanōn
Sounds Like: ah-LAH-nohn
Translations: (of) Alans
From the root: ἈΛΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Alans, a nomadic Iranian people who migrated westward in the 4th and 5th centuries CE. It is used here in the genitive plural, indicating possession or origin, often translated as 'of the Alans' or 'belonging to the Alans'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 7:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΑΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΛΑΝΟΙ — Alans
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