ἠχή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀχά (Doric)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-. Cognates are difficult to assign with certainty, but probably include Latin vāgiō and Old English swōgan (English sough).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɛ͜ɛkʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /eːkʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ixí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /içí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /içí/

Noun

ἠχή (genitive ἠχῆς) f, first declension; (ēkhē)

1. sound, noise

Inflection

First declension of ἠχή, ἠχῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἠχή	ἠχά	ἠχαί
Genitive	ἠχῆς	ἠχαῖν	ἠχῶν
Dative	ἠχῇ	ἠχαῖν	ἠχαῖς
Accusative	ἠχήν	ἠχά	ἠχάς
Vocative	ἠχή	ἠχά	ἠχαί

Related terms

• ἦχος (ēkhos)
• ἠχέω (ēkheō)

Descendants

• Russian: эхо (éxo)

References

• LSJ
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)