Ἐχῖναι
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Feminine plural of ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.kʰîː.nai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈkʰi.nɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈçi.nɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈçi.ne/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈçi.ne/
Proper noun edit
Ἐχῖναι • (Ekhînai) f pl (genitive Ἐχῑνῶν); first declension
- Echinades (islands in the Ionian Sea)
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 286–287:
- τᾰ̀ς Ἐχῑ́νᾱς λῐπὼν
νήσους ναυβᾰ́ταις ᾰ̓προσφόρους.- tàs Ekhī́nās lipṑn
nḗsous naubátais aprosphórous.
- tàs Ekhī́nās lipṑn
- τᾰ̀ς Ἐχῑ́νᾱς λῐπὼν
Inflection edit
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | αἱ Ἐχῖναι hai Ekhînai | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Ἐχῑνῶν tôn Ekhīnôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | ταῖς Ἐχῑ́ναις taîs Ekhī́nais | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Ἐχῑ́νᾱς tā̀s Ekhī́nās | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἐχῖναι Ekhînai | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Ἐχῖναι Ekhînai | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Ἐχῑνᾱ́ων / Ἐχῑνέ͜ων / Ἐχῑνῶν Ekhīnā́ōn / Ekhīné͜ōn / Ekhīnôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | Ἐχῑ́νῃσῐ / Ἐχῑ́νῃσῐν / Ἐχῑ́νῃς / Ἐχῑ́ναις Ekhī́nēisi(n) / Ekhī́nēis / Ekhī́nais | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Ἐχῑ́νᾱς Ekhī́nās | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἐχῖναι Ekhînai | ||||||||||||
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References edit
- “Ἐχῖναι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press