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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

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

  • διαφέρειν τε οὐδὲν ἐμαυτῷ δοκῶ τῶν τὰ μητρῷα καὶ τὰ κορυβαντικὰ καὶ ὅσα τούτοισ παραπλήσιά ἐστι, τελουμένων, εἴτε ὀσμαῖσ ἐκεῖνοί γε εἴτε ἤχοισ εἴτε τῶν δαιμόνων πνεύματι αὐτῶν κινούμενοι τὰσ πολλὰσ καὶ ποικίλασ ἐκεῖνοι λαμβάνουσι φαντασίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 22 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐὰν μὴ περὶ ἐκεῖνα καὶ μετ’ ἐκείνων ἐκφέρηται, ψόφοισ κενοῖσ καὶ ἤχοισ ἐοίκεν· (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 10, section 2 4:2)
  • ὥστε οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀπορία φοβερῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ ἡδέων, ἔτι δὲ λείων καὶ τραχέων καὶ μυρίασ ἄλλασ ἐχόντων διαφορὰσ ἔν τε τοῖσ ἤχοισ καὶ τοῖσ διανοήμασιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 89:1)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὄψισ αὐτοῖσ τοῖσ ὁρωμένοισ συμβάλλει, τὴν δὲ ἀκοὴν οὐκ ἀδύνατον ἀναπτερῶσαι καὶ παραλογίσασθαι, μιμήματα εἰσπέμποντα γεγοητευμένα μέτροισ καὶ ἤχοισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 92:4)
  • Ὡσ δ’ ᾔσθοντο τῆσ βοῆσ Ἀδωνίασ τε καὶ οἱ παρόντεσ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἐταράχθησαν, ὅ τε στρατηγὸσ Ιὤαβοσ ἔλεγεν οὐκ ἀρέσκεσθαι τοῖσ ἤχοισ οὐδὲ τῇ σάλπιγγι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 441:1)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. echo

  3. voice

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