ἐχέφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔχω (ékhō) + -φρων (-phrōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.kʰé.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈkʰe.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈçe.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈçe.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈçe.fron/
Adjective
ἐχέφρων • (ekhéphrōn) m or f (neuter ἐχέφρον); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) thoughtful, prudent
Declension
Third declension of ἐχέφρων; ἐχέφρον (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐχέφρων ekhéphrōn | ἐχέφρον ekhéphron | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονες ekhéphrones | ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphrona | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐχέφρονος ekhéphronos | ἐχέφρονος ekhéphronos | ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoiin | ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoiin | ἐχεφρόνων ekhephrónōn | ἐχεφρόνων ekhephrónōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐχέφρονῐ ekhéphroni | ἐχέφρονῐ ekhéphroni | ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoiin | ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoiin | ἐχέφροσῐ / ἐχέφροσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσῐν ekhéphrosi(n) / ekhephrónessi(n) / ekhephrónesi(n) | ἐχέφροσῐ / ἐχέφροσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσῐν ekhéphrosi(n) / ekhephrónessi(n) / ekhephrónesi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphrona | ἐχέφρον ekhéphron | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονᾰς ekhéphronas | ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphrona | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐχέφρον ekhéphron | ἐχέφρον ekhéphron | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone | ἐχέφρονες ekhéphrones | ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphrona | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐχεφρόνως ekhephrónōs | ἐχεφρονέστερος ekhephronésteros | ἐχεφρονέστᾰτος ekhephronéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐχέφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐχέφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐχέφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐχέφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press