γαιήοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαῖα (gaîa) +‎ ὄχος (ókhos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡai̯.ɛ̌ː.wo.kʰos/ → /ʝɛˈi.o.xos/ → /ʝeˈi.o.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯.ɛ̌ː.wo.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈe̝.o.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝɛˈi.o.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈi.o.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈi.o.xos/

Adjective

γαιήοχος • (gaiḗokhos) m or f (neuter γαιήοχον); second declension

1. earth-bearing, earth-holding (epithet of Poseidon and sometimes other gods)

Declension

Second declension of γαιήοχος; γαιήοχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γαιήοχος gaiḗokhos	γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon		γαιηόχω gaiēókhō	γαιηόχω gaiēókhō		γαιήοχοι gaiḗokhoi	γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha
Genitive		γαιηόχου gaiēókhou	γαιηόχου gaiēókhou		γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin	γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin		γαιηόχων gaiēókhōn	γαιηόχων gaiēókhōn
Dative		γαιηόχῳ gaiēókhōi	γαιηόχῳ gaiēókhōi		γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin	γαιηόχοιν gaiēókhoin		γαιηόχοις gaiēókhois	γαιηόχοις gaiēókhois
Accusative		γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon	γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon		γαιηόχω gaiēókhō	γαιηόχω gaiēókhō		γαιηόχους gaiēókhous	γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha
Vocative		γαιήοχε gaiḗokhe	γαιήοχον gaiḗokhon		γαιηόχω gaiēókhō	γαιηόχω gaiēókhō		γαιήοχοι gaiḗokhoi	γαιήοχᾰ gaiḗokha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		γαιηόχως gaiēókhōs			γαιηοχώτερος gaiēokhṓteros			γαιηοχώτᾰτος gaiēokhṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γαιήοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γαιήοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαιήοχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γαιήοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press