ἠχή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾱ̓χᾱ́ (ākhā́) – Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₂gʰ-. Cognates are difficult to assign with certainty, but probably include Latin vāgiō, Sanskrit वग्नु (vagnu), Old English swōgan (English sough).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.kʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈçi/
Noun
ἠχή • (ēkhḗ) f (genitive ἠχῆς); first declension
- sound, noise
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἠχή; τῆς ἠχῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἠχή hē ēkhḗ | τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́ | αἱ ἠχαί hai ēkhaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἠχῆς tês ēkhês | τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn | τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἠχῇ têi ēkhêi | τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn | ταῖς ἠχαῖς taîs ēkhaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἠχήν tḕn ēkhḗn | τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́ | τᾱ̀ς ἠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ēkhā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἠχή ēkhḗ | ἠχᾱ́ ēkhā́ | ἠχαί ēkhaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δυσηχής (dusēkhḗs)
- εὐηχής (euēkhḗs)
Related terms
- ἠχέω (ēkhéō)
- ἦχος (êkhos)
- ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
References
- “ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἠχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἠχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blare idem, page 82.
- flourish idem, page 329.
- noise idem, page 559.
- peal idem, page 601.
- rattle idem, page 673.
- roar idem, page 719.
- sound idem, page 796.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN