ἐχενηΐς

ἐχενηΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold, detain”) +‎ ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.nɛː.ís/ → /e.çe.niˈis/ → /e.çe.niˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.nɛː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.ne̝ˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/

Noun

ἐχενηΐς • (ekhenēḯs) f (genitive ἐχενηΐδος); third declension

1. remora, suckerfish (fish of the family Echeneidae)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐχενηΐς; τῆς ἐχενηῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐχενηΐς hē ekhenēḯs	τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēḯde	αἱ ἐχενηῐ̈́δες hai ekhenēḯdes
Genitive	τῆς ἐχενηῐ̈́δος tês ekhenēḯdos	τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēḯdoin	τῶν ἐχενηῐ̈́δων tôn ekhenēḯdōn
Dative	τῇ ἐχενηῐ̈́δῐ têi ekhenēḯdi	τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēḯdoin	ταῖς ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐ / ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐν taîs ekhenēḯsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn ekhenēḯda	τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēḯde	τᾱ̀ς ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s ekhenēḯdas
Vocative	ἐχενηΐς ekhenēḯs	ἐχενηῐ̈́δε ekhenēḯde	ἐχενηῐ̈́δες ekhenēḯdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: echenēis
• → Translingual: Echeneis

Further reading

• “ἐχενηΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐχενηΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette