ὤχρα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the same root as ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale yellow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔ̌ː.kʰraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.kʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.xra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.xra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.xra/
Noun
editὤχρᾱ • (ṓkhrā) f (genitive ὤχρᾱς); first declension
Declension
editDescendants
edit- → Latin: ōchra
- → Russian: о́хра (óxra)
- → Yakut: охра (oqra)
- → Ukrainian: во́хра (vóxra), о́хра (óxra)
Further reading
edit- ὤχρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ὤχρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ὤχρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press