Chaos

See also: chaos, CHAOS, and chãos

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Proper noun

Chaos n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amoebidae – several very large amoebae.

Hypernyms

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːɔs/
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Noun

Chaos n (genitive Chaos, no plural)

  1. chaos

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰa.os/, [ˈkʰa.ɔs]

Proper noun

Chaos m (genitive Chaī); second declension

  1. Hell, the Underworld
  2. the shapeless primordial universe

Usage notes

  • The plural is a rare and very late development.
  • 1878, Ludwig Dindorff, Karl Müller, Diodori Siculi bibliothecae quae supersunt ex nova recensione, volume 2, page 604:
    Graeci Phasin fluvium transgress per Chaorum, Phasianorum, Chaldaeorum etc. regiones in Chenium montem evadunt unde ingenti gaudio mare prospiciunt.
  • 1904, Giacomo Tropea, Rivista di storia antica, page 607:
    In paragrapho prima Diodorus de Graecorum adventu in Chaorum terras tradit: […] Ipse Dindorfius in latina versione Xenophontis scribit "Chaorum" atque inter uncos "Thaochorum".

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative Chaos ?
genitive Chaī Chaōrum
dative ? ?
accusative Chaos ?
ablative Chaō ?
vocative Chaos ?

References

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