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κανών (kanon): all forms

κανών means “rule, standard; measuring rod”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Masculine
Nominativeκανών
Genitiveκανόνος
Dativeκανόνι
Accusativeκανόνα
Vocativeκανόν · κανών
Forms, plural
Masculine
Nominativeκανόνες
Genitiveκανόνων
Dativeκανόσι(ν)
Accusativeκανόνας · κανούς
Vocativeκανόνες

Meaning and examples of κανών

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.