ὀχετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀχέω (okhéō, “to carry”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.kʰe.tós/ → /o.çeˈtos/ → /o.çeˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.kʰe.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.kʰeˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.çeˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.çeˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.çeˈtos/

Noun

ὀχετός • (okhetós) m (genitive ὀχετοῦ); second declension

1. waterpipe, conduit, channel, aqueduct
2. (anatomy) duct leading to the lung
3. (in the plural) streams, currents
4. (figuratively) means of escape

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀχετός; τοῦ ὀχετοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀχετός ho okhetós	τὼ ὀχετώ tṑ okhetṓ	οἱ ὀχετοί hoi okhetoí
Genitive	τοῦ ὀχετοῦ toû okhetoû	τοῖν ὀχετοῖν toîn okhetoîn	τῶν ὀχετῶν tôn okhetôn
Dative	τῷ ὀχετῷ tôi okhetôi	τοῖν ὀχετοῖν toîn okhetoîn	τοῖς ὀχετοῖς toîs okhetoîs
Accusative	τὸν ὀχετόν tòn okhetón	τὼ ὀχετώ tṑ okhetṓ	τοὺς ὀχετούς toùs okhetoús
Vocative	ὀχετέ okheté	ὀχετώ okhetṓ	ὀχετοί okhetoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀχετάριος (okhetários)
• ὀχετεία (okheteía)
• ὀχέτευμα (okhéteuma)
• ὀχετεύω (okheteúō)
• ὀχετηγέω (okhetēgéō)
• ὀχετηγία (okhetēgía)
• ὀχετηγός (okhetēgós)
• ὀχέτιον (okhétion)
• ὀχετόκρᾱνον (okhetókrānon)

 

Further reading

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