Ἐχινάς

See also: Ἐχίνας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰiː.nás/ → /e.çiˈnas/ → /e.çiˈnas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰiː.nás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kʰiˈnas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈnas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈnas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈnas/

Proper noun

Ἐχῑνᾰ́ς • (Ekhīnás) f (genitive Ἐχῑνᾰ́δος); third declension

1. one of the Echinades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἐχῑνᾰ́ς; τῆς Ἐχῑνᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἐχῑνᾰ́ς hē Ekhīnás	τὼ Ἐχῑνᾰ́δε tṑ Ekhīnáde	αἱ Ἐχῑνᾰ́δες hai Ekhīnádes
Genitive	τῆς Ἐχῑνᾰ́δος tês Ekhīnádos	τοῖν Ἐχῑνᾰ́δοιν toîn Ekhīnádoin	τῶν Ἐχῑνᾰ́δων tôn Ekhīnádōn
Dative	τῇ Ἐχῑνᾰ́δῐ têi Ekhīnádi	τοῖν Ἐχῑνᾰ́δοιν toîn Ekhīnádoin	ταῖς Ἐχῑνᾰ́σῐ / Ἐχῑνᾰ́σῐν taîs Ekhīnási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ἐχῑνᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Ekhīnáda	τὼ Ἐχῑνᾰ́δε tṑ Ekhīnáde	τᾱ̀ς Ἐχῑνᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Ekhīnádas
Vocative	Ἐχῑνᾰ́ς Ekhīnás	Ἐχῑνᾰ́δε Ekhīnáde	Ἐχῑνᾰ́δες Ekhīnádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Εχινάς (Echinás)
• Latin: Echīnas

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009