ἠχή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾱ̓χᾱ́ (ākhā́) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₂gʰ-. Cognates are difficult to assign with certainty, but probably include Latin vāgiō, Sanskrit वग्नु (vagnu), Old English swōgan (English sough).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /iˈçi/ → /iˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈçi/

Noun

ἠχή • (ēkhḗ) f (genitive ἠχῆς); first declension

1. sound, noise

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἠχή; τῆς ἠχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠχή hē ēkhḗ	τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́	αἱ ἠχαί hai ēkhaí
Genitive	τῆς ἠχῆς tês ēkhês	τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn	τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn
Dative	τῇ ἠχῇ têi ēkhêi	τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn	ταῖς ἠχαῖς taîs ēkhaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἠχήν tḕn ēkhḗn	τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́	τᾱ̀ς ἠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ēkhā́s
Vocative	ἠχή ēkhḗ	ἠχᾱ́ ēkhā́	ἠχαί ēkhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δυσηχής (dusēkhḗs)
• εὐηχής (euēkhḗs)

 

Related terms

• ἠχέω (ēkhéō)
• ἦχος (êkhos)
• ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)

 

References

• “ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blare idem, page 82.
  • flourish idem, page 329.
  • noise idem, page 559.
  • peal idem, page 601.
  • rattle idem, page 673.
  • roar idem, page 719.
  • sound idem, page 796.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN