ἀζήν <Phrygian; Roman period>
👉 ἀζήν, -ένος m. – a Phrygian gloss with the meaning of πώγων ‘beard’ (Hdn. 3.1, p. 15 and 3.2, p. 718; Hsch. α 1451), also ἄζενον (acc. sg. m.) ‘bearded’ (Hsch. α 1452).
⚠ Hdn. 3.1, p. 15: ἀζήν ὁ πώγων κατὰ Φρύγας – “adzēn (means) beard according to Phrygians”; Hsch. α 1451: ἀζένα· πώγωνα. Φρύγες – “adzena (acc. sg.): beard. Phrygians”.
🅔 Perhaps a Phrygian word. For morphology, cf. βαλλήν. Cf. a hypothesis that ἀζήν goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenu- ‘chin’ (cf. Greek γένυς, -υος f. ‘jaw’, Gothic kinnus ‘cheek’, Latin gena ‘id.’, etc.).
📖 Ref.: cf. PhL: 414; Diakonoff – Neroznak 1985: 96.