proper noun · masculinethird declension
Pān
Pān m sg (genitive Pānos)
Classical[ˈpaːn]Ecclesiastical[ˈpan]
Meaning
- GreekPan
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pān | — |
| genitive | Pānos | — |
| dative | Pānī | — |
| accusative | Pāna | — |
| ablative | Pāne | — |
| vocative | Pān | — |
Pān, Pānŏs (acc. Pāna), m., = Πάν,
I. Pan, the god of the woods and of shepherds, the son of Mercury and Penelope, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56; Hyg. Fab. 224:
Pan erat armenti custos, Pan numen equarum, Ov. F. 2, 277: Panos de more Lycaei, Verg. A. 8, 344. He was represented under the form of a goat; hence, semicaper Pan, Ov. M. 14, 515; cf. Sil. 13, 327. His mistress, Syrinx, was transformed, at her request, by the nymphs into a thicket of reeds, from which Pan made the shepherd's pipe (σύριγξ), Lucr. 4, 586; Ov. M. 1, 691. He is also said to have fallen in love with Luna, and to have gained her favor by the present of a ram, Verg. G. 3, 391 Serv. In war he was regarded as the producer of sudden, groundless (panic) terrors, Val. Fl. 3, 46 sqq.—He was called at a later period the god of All (τὸ πᾶν), Macr. S. 1, 22.—II. In plur.:
Panes, gods of the woods and fields resembling Pan, Ov. H. 4, 171; id. M. 14, 638.—Gen. Panum, Mela, 3, 9, 6.—Acc. Panas, Col. poët. 10, 427. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Pān Pānos, acc. Pāna, m
, Πάν, Pan, son of Mercury, god of woods and shepherds, often represented as half man, half goat: Panos de more Lycaei, V.: semicaper, O.—Plur, gods like Pan, gods of the woods and fields, O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πᾱ́ν (Pā́n).
Descendants
- EnglishPan