ἐγχώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ χώρα (khṓra, “place, location”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, “belonging to”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /eŋˈxo.ri.os/ → /eŋˈxo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈkʰo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈxo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈxo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋˈxo.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐγχώριος • (enkhṓrios) m or f (neuter ἐγχώριον); second declension

1. of the country, local, true-born

Inflection

Second declension of ἐγχώριος; ἐγχώριον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐγχώριος enkhṓrios	ἐγχώριον enkhṓrion		ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō	ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō		ἐγχώριοι enkhṓrioi	ἐγχώριᾰ enkhṓria
Genitive		ἐγχωρίου enkhōríou	ἐγχωρίου enkhōríou		ἐγχωρίοιν enkhōríoin	ἐγχωρίοιν enkhōríoin		ἐγχωρίων enkhōríōn	ἐγχωρίων enkhōríōn
Dative		ἐγχωρίῳ enkhōríōi	ἐγχωρίῳ enkhōríōi		ἐγχωρίοιν enkhōríoin	ἐγχωρίοιν enkhōríoin		ἐγχωρίοις enkhōríois	ἐγχωρίοις enkhōríois
Accusative		ἐγχώριον enkhṓrion	ἐγχώριον enkhṓrion		ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō	ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō		ἐγχωρίους enkhōríous	ἐγχώριᾰ enkhṓria
Vocative		ἐγχώριε enkhṓrie	ἐγχώριον enkhṓrion		ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō	ἐγχωρίω enkhōríō		ἐγχώριοι enkhṓrioi	ἐγχώριᾰ enkhṓria
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐγχωρίως enkhōríōs			ἐγχωριότερος enkhōrióteros			ἐγχωριότᾰτος enkhōriótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press