πρόχοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρόχους (prókhous) — Attic

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ χοῦς (khoûs, “measure of capacity”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.kʰo.os/ → /ˈpro.xo.os/ → /ˈpro.xo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.kʰo.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.xo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.xo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.xo.os/

Noun

πρόχοος • (prókhoos) m (genitive προχόου); second declension

1. ewer for pouring water upon the hands of guests
2. wine-jug from which the cupbearer pours into the cups
3. unit of measure for liquids used in Tauromenium

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πρόχοος; τοῦ προχόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρόχοος ho prókhoos	τὼ προχόω tṑ prokhóō	οἱ πρόχοοι hoi prókhooi
Genitive	τοῦ προχόου toû prokhóou	τοῖν προχόοιν toîn prokhóoin	τῶν προχόων tôn prokhóōn
Dative	τῷ προχόῳ tôi prokhóōi	τοῖν προχόοιν toîn prokhóoin	τοῖς προχόοις toîs prokhóois
Accusative	τὸν πρόχοον tòn prókhoon	τὼ προχόω tṑ prokhóō	τοὺς προχόους toùs prokhóous
Vocative	πρόχοε prókhoe	προχόω prokhóō	πρόχοοι prókhooi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Etruscan: 𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌙𐌖𐌌 (pruχum)
• → Hebrew: אפרכסת
• Greek: προχοΐς (prochoḯs)
  • Greek: προχοΐδα (prochoḯda)

Further reading

• “πρόχοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρόχοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρόχοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette