γαιήοχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γαῖα (gaîa) + ὄχος (ókhos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡai̯.ɛ̌ː.wo.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡɛˈe̝.o.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝɛˈi.o.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈi.o.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈi.o.xos/
Adjective
γαιήοχος • (gaiḗokhos) m or f (neuter γαιήοχον); second declension
- earth-bearing, earth-holding (epithet of Poseidon and sometimes other gods)
Declension
Second declension of γαιήοχος; γαιήοχον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | γαιήοχος gaiḗokhos | γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιήοχοι gaiḗokhoi | γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha | ||||||||
Genitive | γαιηόχου gaiēókhou | γαιηόχου gaiēókhou | γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin | γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin | γαιηόχων gaiēókhōn | γαιηόχων gaiēókhōn | ||||||||
Dative | γαιηόχῳ gaiēókhōi | γαιηόχῳ gaiēókhōi | γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin | γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin | γαιηόχοις gaiēókhois | γαιηόχοις gaiēókhois | ||||||||
Accusative | γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon | γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιηόχους gaiēókhous | γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha | ||||||||
Vocative | γαιήοχε gaiḗokhe | γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιηόχω gaiēókhō | γαιήοχοι gaiḗokhoi | γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
γαιηόχως gaiēókhōs | γαιηοχώτερος gaiēokhṓteros | γαιηοχώτᾰτος gaiēokhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γαιήοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γαιήοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαιήοχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “γαιήοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press