ὦχρος

See also: ὠχρός and ωχρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, wan”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̂ː.kʰros/ → /ˈo.xros/ → /ˈo.xros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̂ː.kʰros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kʰros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xros/

Noun

ὦχρος • (ôkhros) m (genitive ὤχρου); second declension

1. paleness, wanness, especially the pale hue of fear
2. Cyprus vetch (Lathyrus ochrus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὦχρος; τοῦ ὤχρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὦχρος ho ôkhros	τὼ ὤχρω tṑ ṓkhrō	οἱ ὦχροι hoi ôkhroi
Genitive	τοῦ ὤχρου toû ṓkhrou	τοῖν ὤχροιν toîn ṓkhroin	τῶν ὤχρων tôn ṓkhrōn
Dative	τῷ ὤχρῳ tôi ṓkhrōi	τοῖν ὤχροιν toîn ṓkhroin	τοῖς ὤχροις toîs ṓkhrois
Accusative	τὸν ὦχρον tòn ôkhron	τὼ ὤχρω tṑ ṓkhrō	τοὺς ὤχρους toùs ṓkhrous
Vocative	ὦχρε ôkhre	ὤχρω ṓkhrō	ὦχροι ôkhroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὦχρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὦχρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὦχρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὦχρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὦχρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963