ἐνοσίχθων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔνοσις (énosis, “shaking, quake”) +‎ χθών (khthṓn, “earth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.no.síkʰ.tʰɔːn/ → /e.noˈsix.θon/ → /e.noˈsix.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.no.síkʰ.tʰɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsikʰ.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsix.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsix.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsix.θon/

Adjective

ἐνοσῐ́χθων • (enosíkhthōn) m or f (neuter ἐνοσῐ́χθον); third declension

1. earthshaking (epithet of Poseidon)

   Synonym: ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios)

Declension

Third declension of ἐνοσῐ́χθων; ἐνοσῐ́χθον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνοσῐ́χθων enosíkhthōn	ἐνοσῐ́χθον enosíkhthon		ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone	ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone		ἐνοσῐ́χθονες enosíkhthones	ἐνοσῐ́χθονᾰ enosíkhthona
Genitive		ἐνοσῐ́χθονος enosíkhthonos	ἐνοσῐ́χθονος enosíkhthonos		ἐνοσῐχθόνοιν enosikhthónoin	ἐνοσῐχθόνοιν enosikhthónoin		ἐνοσῐχθόνων enosikhthónōn	ἐνοσῐχθόνων enosikhthónōn
Dative		ἐνοσῐ́χθονῐ enosíkhthoni	ἐνοσῐ́χθονῐ enosíkhthoni		ἐνοσῐχθόνοιν enosikhthónoin	ἐνοσῐχθόνοιν enosikhthónoin		ἐνοσῐ́χθοσῐ / ἐνοσῐ́χθοσῐν enosíkhthosi(n)	ἐνοσῐ́χθοσῐ / ἐνοσῐ́χθοσῐν enosíkhthosi(n)
Accusative		ἐνοσῐ́χθονᾰ enosíkhthona	ἐνοσῐ́χθον enosíkhthon		ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone	ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone		ἐνοσῐ́χθονᾰς enosíkhthonas	ἐνοσῐ́χθονᾰ enosíkhthona
Vocative		ἐνοσῐ́χθον enosíkhthon	ἐνοσῐ́χθον enosíkhthon		ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone	ἐνοσῐ́χθονε enosíkhthone		ἐνοσῐ́χθονες enosíkhthones	ἐνοσῐ́χθονᾰ enosíkhthona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐνοσῐχθόνως enosikhthónōs			ἐνοσῐχθονέστερος enosikhthonésteros			ἐνοσῐχθονέστᾰτος enosikhthonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐνοσίχθων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐνοσίχθων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette