ἀμπεχόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμπέχω (ampékhō, “to surround, cover, enclose”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pe.kʰó.nɛː/ → /am.peˈxo.ni/ → /am.beˈxo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pe.kʰó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.peˈkʰo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.peˈxo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.peˈxo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.beˈxo.ni/

Noun

ἀμπεχόνη • (ampekhónē) f (genitive ἀμπεχόνης); first declension

1. fine shawl worn by women and effeminate men
2. (in the plural) clothing, modes of dress

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀμπεχόνη; τῆς ἀμπεχόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμπεχόνη hē ampekhónē	τὼ ἀμπεχόνᾱ tṑ ampekhónā	αἱ ἀμπεχόναι hai ampekhónai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμπεχόνης tês ampekhónēs	τοῖν ἀμπεχόναιν toîn ampekhónain	τῶν ἀμπεχονῶν tôn ampekhonôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμπεχόνῃ têi ampekhónēi	τοῖν ἀμπεχόναιν toîn ampekhónain	ταῖς ἀμπεχόναις taîs ampekhónais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμπεχόνην tḕn ampekhónēn	τὼ ἀμπεχόνᾱ tṑ ampekhónā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμπεχόνᾱς tā̀s ampekhónās
Vocative	ἀμπεχόνη ampekhónē	ἀμπεχόνᾱ ampekhónā	ἀμπεχόναι ampekhónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀμπεχόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμπεχόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμπεχόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)