ἠχώ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈkʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
Noun
ἠχώ • (ēkhṓ) f (genitive ἠχοῦς); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἠχώ hē ēkhṓ |
τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ |
αἱ ἠχοί hai ēkhoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἠχοῦς tês ēkhoûs |
τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn |
τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἠχοῖ tēî ēkhoî |
τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn |
ταῖς ἠχοῖς taîs ēkhoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἠχώ tḕn ēkhṓ |
τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ |
τᾱ̀ς ἠχούς tā̀s ēkhoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἠχοῖ ēkhoî |
ἠχώ ēkhṓ |
ἠχοί ēkhoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἠχώ hē ēkhṓ |
τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ |
αἱ ἠχοί hai ēkhoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἠχόος / ἠχοῦς tês ēkhóos / ēkhoûs |
τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn |
τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἠχόῐ̈ / ἠχοῖ tēî ēkhóĭ̈ / ēkhoî |
τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἠχοῖς / ἠχοῖσῐ / ἠχοῖσῐν tēîsĭ(n) ēkhoîs / ēkhoîsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἠχόᾰ / ἠχώ tḕn ēkhóă / ēkhṓ |
τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ |
τᾱ̀ς ἠχούς tā̀s ēkhoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἠχοῖ ēkhoî |
ἠχώ ēkhṓ |
ἠχοί ēkhoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓χώ hā ākhṓ |
τὼ ᾱ̓χώ tṑ ākhṓ |
ταὶ ᾱ̓χοί taì ākhoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τᾶς ᾱ̓χόος / ᾱ̓χῶς tâs ākhóos / ākhôs |
τοῖν ᾱ̓χοῖν toîn ākhoîn |
τᾶν ᾱ̓χῶν tân ākhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τᾷ ᾱ̓χόῐ̈ / ᾱ̓χοῖ tāî ākhóĭ̈ / ākhoî |
τοῖν ᾱ̓χοῖν toîn ākhoîn |
ταῖς ᾱ̓χοῖς taîs ākhoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ν ᾱ̓χόᾰ / ᾱ̓χώ tā̀n ākhóă / ākhṓ |
τὼ ᾱ̓χώ tṑ ākhṓ |
τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓χούς tā̀s ākhoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾱ̓χοῖ ākhoî |
ᾱ̓χώ ākhṓ |
ᾱ̓χοί ākhoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- Hellenic:
- Greek: ηχώ f (ichó)
- English: echo
- French: écho m
- Italian: eco
- Latin: echo
- → Albanian: jeh
- Russian: э́хо (éxo)
- → Mariupol Greek: э́хо (éxo)
- Spanish: eco m
- Swedish: eko
References
- “ἠχώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἠχώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἠχώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.