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Ἐχῖναι

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἐχῖναι Ἐχινῶν

Structure: Ἐχῑν (Stem) + αι (Ending)

Sense

the islands in the Ionian sea

Declension

First declension

	Plural
Nominative	Ἐχῖναι
Genitive	Ἐχῑνῶν
Dative	Ἐχῑ́ναις
Accusative	Ἐχῑ́νᾱς
Vocative	Ἐχῖναι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἀλλ’ ἢν ἰδού, πολλούσ που τοὺσ ἰχθῦσ ὁρῶ κατὰ ταὐτὸν ὁμόχροασ, ἀκανθώδεισ καὶ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐκτετραχυσμένουσ, ἐχίνων δυσληπτοτέρουσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 50:10)
ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ Ἴκαροσ πρότερον Ἰχθυόεσσα διὰ τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ τῶν ἰχθύων πλῆθοσ, ὡσ καὶ Ἐχινάδεσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχίνων καὶ Σηπιὰσ ἄκρα ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ αὐτὴν σηπιῶν καὶ Λαγοῦσσαι νῆσοι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐταῖσ λαγωῶν καὶ ἕτεραι Φυκοῦσσαι καὶ Λοπαδοῦσσαι ἀπὸ τῶν παραπλησίων, προσαγορεύεται δέ, φησὶν Ἐπαρχίδησ, ἡ ἄμπελοσ ἡ τὸν Ἰκάριον πράμνιον φέρουσα ὑπὸ τῶν ξένων μὲν ἱερά, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν Οἰνοαίων Διονυσιάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 55 2:2)
"τὰ ὀστρακόδερμα ἐν τῷ ἐάρι φαίνεται ἔχοντα τὰ καλούμενα ᾠά, κἀν τῷ μετοπώρῳ δὲ πλὴν τῶν ἐχίνων τῶν ἐδωδίμων, οὗτοι δὲ μάλιστα μὲν ἐν ταύταισ ταῖσ ὡρ́αισ αἰεί τε ἰσχύουσι καὶ τὸ πλέον ἐν ταῖσ πανσελήνοισ καὶ ταῖσ ἀλεειναῖσ ἡμέραισ πλὴν τῶν ἐν τῷ Εὐρίπῳ τῶν Πυρραίων ἐκεῖνοι δ’ ἀμείνονεσ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ καί εἰσι μικροί, πλήρεισ δὲ ᾠῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 35 3:3)
Ἀριστοτέλησ δέ φησι τῶν ἐχίνων πλείω γένη εἶναι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 5:1)
καὶ Ἐπίχαρμοσ δὲ ἐν Ἥβασ γάμῳ περὶ τῶν ἐχίνων φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 6:2)

Synonyms

the islands in the Ionian sea
- Ἰάν (an Ionian)
- Ἰάονες (the Ionians)
- Ἰάων (an Ionian)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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Ἐχῖναι

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the islands in the Ionian sea

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Ἐχῖναι

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the islands in the Ionian sea

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