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ἦχος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἦχος ἤχου

Structure: ἠχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: later form of h)xh/, Theocr., Mosch.

Sense

  1. sound, noise, ringing of the ears
  2. echo
  3. (grammar) breathing (i.e. aspiration; rough (δᾰσεῖᾰ) or smooth (ψῑλή))
  4. voice

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἦχος ή̓χω ῆ̓χοι
Genitive ή̓χου ή̓χοιν ή̓χων
Dative ή̓χῳ ή̓χοιν ή̓χοις
Accusative ῆ̓χον ή̓χω ή̓χους
Vocative ῆ̓χε ή̓χω ῆ̓χοι

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

  • νυνὶ γὰρ Λακεδαιμονίουσ μὲν ἡ συμφορὰ δεῦρ’ ἦχε καὶ ὁ καιρὸσ, ὃ πίστεωσ οὐδεμιᾶσ ἐστι δεῖγμα οὐδὲ τοῦ φιλανθρώπωσ ἔχειν ὑμῖν, Θηβαῖοι δὲ νενικηκότεσ ἥκουσι καὶ παρακαλοῦσι μετέχειν ὑμᾶσ ὧν ηὐτυχήκασιν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:13)
  • Ἐπεὶ δ’ ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων διάθεσισ εἰσ ἐπίστασιν ἡμᾶσ ἦχε περὶ τῆσ Ἀννίβου φύσεωσ, ἀπαιτεῖν ὁ καιρὸσ δοκεῖ μοι τὰσ μάλιστα διαπορουμένασ ἰδιότητασ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δηλῶσαι. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 22 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. echo

  3. voice

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