ἔχις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁égʰis, with cognates including Sanskrit अहि॑ (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.kʰis/ → /ˈe.çis/ → /ˈe.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.kʰis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/

Noun

ἔχῐς • (ékhĭs) m or f (genitive ἔχῐος or ἔχεως); third declension

1. snake; adder; viper

   Hypernym: ὄφῐς (óphĭs)

Usage notes

• Primarily masculine, but sometimes feminine.

Declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ ἔχῐς; τοῦ / τῆς ἔχεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ ἔχῐς ho / hē ékhĭs	τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei	οἱ / αἱ ἔχεις hoi / hai ékheis
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς ἔχεως toû / tês ékheōs	τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin	τῶν ἔχεων tôn ékheōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ ἔχει tōî / tēî ékhei	τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin	τοῖς / ταῖς ἔχεσῐ / ἔχεσῐν toîs / taîs ékhesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν ἔχῐν tòn / tḕn ékhĭn	τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ἔχεις toùs / tā̀s ékheis
Vocative	ἔχῐ ékhĭ	ἔχει ékhei	ἔχεις ékheis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔγχελῠς (énkhelŭs)
• ἔχῐδνᾰ (ékhĭdnă)
• ἐχῖνος (ekhînos)
• ἔχῐον (ékhĭon)

References

• “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔχις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • serpent idem, page 755.
  • snake idem, page 788.
  • viper idem, page 954.