Ἀμάνου (Amanou)

Ἀμάνου is an Ancient Greek form of Ἄμανος, meaning “Mt Amanus — the range between Cilicia and Syria”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of Ἀμανός, “Mount Amanus — range between Cilicia and Syria”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Strabo, Geography 16.1.2: … καλοῦνται, ὡς ἂν ὄντων τινῶν Σύρων καὶ μελάνων· οὗτοι δʼ εἰσὶν οἱ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Ταύρου· λέγω δὲ Ταῦρον μέχρι τοῦ Ἀμανοῦ διατείνων τοὔνομα. οἱ δʼ ἱστοροῦντες τὴν Σύρων ἀρχὴν ὅταν φῶσι Μήδους μὲν ὑπὸ Περσῶν καταλυθῆναι Σύρους δὲ ὑπ …

Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 1.122: … ν οἱ γῆν τινα καταλαβόντες. Ἰαφθᾶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ Νώχου παιδὸς ἦσαν ἑπτὰ υἱοί. κατοικοῦσι δὲ οὗτοι ἀπὸ Ταύρου καὶ Ἀμάνου τῶν ὀρῶν ἀρξάμενοι καὶ προῆλθον ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς Ἀσίας ἄχρι ποταμοῦ Τανάιδος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἕως Γαδείρων γῆν …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.