ἐχῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hekʰinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀑𐀜 (e-ki-no), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Proto-Germanic *igilaz, Albanian esh.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰîː.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈkʰi.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈçi.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈçi.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈçi.nos/

Noun

ἐχῖνος • (ekhînos) m (genitive ἐχῑ́νου); second declension

hedgehog
sea urchin
shell of a sea urchin
jug, cup, vase
The shell of certain nuts, such as the chestnut
The third stomach of ruminants (the omasum)
The moulding atop the Doric capital

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐχῖνος; τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐχῖνος ho ekhînos	τὼ ἐχῑ́νω tṑ ekhī́nō	οἱ ἐχῖνοι hoi ekhînoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου toû ekhī́nou	τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν toîn ekhī́noin	τῶν ἐχῑ́νων tôn ekhī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἐχῑ́νῳ tôi ekhī́nōi	τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν toîn ekhī́noin	τοῖς ἐχῑ́νοις toîs ekhī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἐχῖνον tòn ekhînon	τὼ ἐχῑ́νω tṑ ekhī́nō	τοὺς ἐχῑ́νους toùs ekhī́nous
Vocative	ἐχῖνε ekhîne	ἐχῑ́νω ekhī́nō	ἐχῖνοι ekhînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐχινόπους (ekhinópous)

Descendants

→ English: echino-
Greek: εχίνος (echínos), αχινός (achinós)
→ Latin: echīnus (see there for further descendants)