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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

  • ὁ συνταράσσων τὸ κῦτοσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, ἤχουσ κυμάτων αὐτῆσ. ταραχθήσονται τὰ ἔθνη, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 64:8)
  • πλῆθοσ ἤχουσ ὑδάτων, φωνὴν ἔδωκαν αἱ νεφέλαι, καὶ γὰρ τὰ βέλη σου διαπορεύονται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 76:18)
  • καὶ ἔστησε ψαλτῳδοὺσ κατέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἐξ ἠχοῦσ αὐτῶν γλυκαίνειν μέλη. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:9)
  • τίνων γόων ἤκουσα καὶ στέρνων κτύπον νεκρῶν τε θρήνουσ, τῶνδ’ ἀνακτόρων ἄπο ἠχοῦσ ἰούσησ; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode1)
  • πάντα δὲ τὰ τῶν ζῴων εὔγλωττα καὶ διηρθρωμένα ἐστὶ τὴν φωνὴν καὶ μιμεῖται τοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὀρνίθων ἤχουσ ὥσπερ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 45 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. echo

  3. voice

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