ἐκροή

ἐκροή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκρέω (ekréō, “to flow out”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kro.ɛ̌ː/ → /e.kroˈi/ → /e.kroˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kro.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kroˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.kroˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.kroˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kroˈi/

Noun

ἐκροή • (ekroḗ) f (genitive ἐκροῆς); first declension

1. a flowing out, outflow
2. a way for outflow, place of issue

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐκροή; τῆς ἐκροῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκροή hē ekroḗ	τὼ ἐκροᾱ́ tṑ ekroā́	αἱ ἐκροαί hai ekroaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐκροῆς tês ekroês	τοῖν ἐκροαῖν toîn ekroaîn	τῶν ἐκροῶν tôn ekroôn
Dative	τῇ ἐκροῇ têi ekroêi	τοῖν ἐκροαῖν toîn ekroaîn	ταῖς ἐκροαῖς taîs ekroaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐκροήν tḕn ekroḗn	τὼ ἐκροᾱ́ tṑ ekroā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐκροᾱ́ς tā̀s ekroā́s
Vocative	ἐκροή ekroḗ	ἐκροᾱ́ ekroā́	ἐκροαί ekroaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἔκροος (ékroos)

Further reading

• “ἐκροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐκροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐκροή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκροή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • issue idem, page 461.
  • outflow idem, page 582.