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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

  • πονηρὸσ κακοποιεῖ ὅταν συμμίξῃ δικαίῳ, μισεῖ δὲ ἦχον ἀσφαλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 11:14)
  • καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν αὐτὸν ροί̈σκοισ χρυσοῖσ, κώδωσι πλείστοισ κυκλόθεν, ἠχῆσαι φωνὴν ἐν βήμασιν αὐτοῦ, ἀκουστὸν ποιῆσαι ἦχον ἐν ναῷ εἰσ μνημόσυνον υἱοῖσ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 45:9)
  • μετάστησον ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ ἦχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ ψαλμὸν ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 5:23)
  • ἄχρι δὴ συνελθόντασ τοὺσ κύνασ πρὸσ τὸν ἦχον ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ ἦσαν αὐτόθι ‐ διασπάσασθαι αὐτόν, ὡσ τοῦτο γοῦν ὅμοιον τῷ Ὀρφεῖ παθεῖν καὶ μόνουσ ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν συγκαλέσαι τοὺσ κύνασ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:2)
  • τοῦτό τε οὖν φυλακτέον τῷ λέγοντι, καὶ προσέτι μὴ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιταράττηται ^ ἐν οὕτωσ εὐφώνῳ καὶ ἠχήεντι οἴκῳ λέγων ἀντιφθέγγεται γὰρ καὶ ἀντιφωνεῖ καὶ ἀντιλέγει, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπικαλύπτει τὴν βοήν, οἱο͂́ν τι καὶ σάλπιγξ δρᾷ τὸν αὐλόν, εἰ συναυλοῖεν, ἢ τοὺσ κελευστὰσ ἡ θάλαττα, ὁπόταν πρὸσ κύματοσ ἦχον ἐπᾴδειν τῇ εἰρεσίᾳ θέλωσιν ἐπικρατεῖ γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοφωνία καὶ κατασιωπᾷ τὸ ἧττον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. echo

  3. voice

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