ἔχις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁égʰis with cognates including Sanskrit अहि (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.kʰis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.kʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.çis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.çis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.çis/
Noun
ἔχις • (ékhis) m or f (genitive ἔχῐος or ἔχεως); third declension
Usage notes
- Primarily masculine, sometimes feminine.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ ἔχῐς ho / hē ékhĭs |
τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei |
οἱ / αἱ ἔχεις hoi / hai ékheis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς ἔχεως toû / tês ékheōs |
τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin |
τῶν ἔχεων tôn ékheōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ ἔχει tōî / tēî ékhei |
τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin |
τοῖς / ταῖς ἔχεσῐ / ἔχεσῐν toîs / taîs ékhesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν ἔχῐν tòn / tḕn ékhĭn |
τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ἔχεις toùs / tā̀s ékheis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔχῐ ékhĭ |
ἔχει ékhei |
ἔχεις ékheis | ||||||||||
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See also
References
- “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔχις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.