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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

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ κατέχων αὐτοὺσ μυχὸσ ἀφόβωσ διεφύλασσεν, ἦχοι δὲ καταράσσοντεσ αὐτοὺσ περιεκόμπουν, καὶ φάσματα ἀμειδήτοισ κατηφῆ προσώποισ ἐνεφανίζετο. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:4)
  • ἦχοι ἐξήχησαν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆσ δίκησ, ὅτι ἐγγὺσ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆσ δίκησ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 4:14)
  • Σὺ μὲν σκώπτεισ, ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ τε Ἠχοῖ καὶ τῇ Πίτυϊ σύνειμι καὶ ἀπάσαισ ταῖσ τοῦ Διονύσου Μαινάσι καὶ πάνυ σπουδάζομαι πρὸσ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 8:6)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ γλυκαίνουσιν αὐτήν τινεσ ἦχοι καὶ πικραίνουσι, καὶ τραχύνουσι καὶ λεαίνουσι, καὶ πολλὰ ἄλλα πάθη ποιοῦσι περὶ αὐτήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 122)
  • τὸ δ’ εὐεπὲσ οἱ συνεχεῖσ τε καὶ οἱ συλλεαινόμενοι ποιοῦσιν ἦχοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2285)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. echo

  3. voice

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