ἔχθρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἔχθρη (ékhthrē)Ionic
  • ἐχθρῐ́ᾱ (ekhthrĭ́ā)Koine

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔχθρᾱ • (ékhthrāf (genitive ἔχθρᾱς); first declension

  1. hatred; loathing; enmity
    Synonym: ἔχθος (ékhthos)
  2. one's nemesis or bitter enemy

Declension

Further reading

  • ἔχθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔχθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔχθρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter