ἐξέχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sé.kʰɔː/ → /ekˈse.xo/ → /ekˈse.xo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sé.kʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.kʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.xo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.xo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.xo/

Verb

ἐξέχω • (exékhō)

1. (intransitive or [with genitive]) to stand out, to project
2. (intransitive, figurative) to exceed, to be renowned
3. (usually middle voice) to depend [with genitive ‘on’]

Related terms

• ἔξοχος (éxokhos)

Descendants

• Greek: εξέχω (exécho)

Further reading

• “ἐξέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐξέχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette