ἠχώ

See also: ηχώ, ἠχῴ, and Ἠχώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠχῴ (ēkhōí)
• ᾱ̓χώ (ākhṓ) — Doric

Etymology

From ἠχή (ēkhḗ) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/ → /iˈxo/ → /iˈxo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈkʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/

Noun

ἠχώ • (ēkhṓ) f (genitive ἠχοῦς); third declension

1. echo; reflected sound
2. protracted sound

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἠχώ; τῆς ἠχοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠχώ hē ēkhṓ	τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ	αἱ ἠχοί hai ēkhoí
Genitive	τῆς ἠχοῦς tês ēkhoûs	τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn	τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn
Dative	τῇ ἠχοῖ tēî ēkhoî	τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn	ταῖς ἠχοῖς taîs ēkhoîs
Accusative	τὴν ἠχώ tḕn ēkhṓ	τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ	τᾱ̀ς ἠχούς tā̀s ēkhoús
Vocative	ἠχοῖ ēkhoî	ἠχώ ēkhṓ	ἠχοί ēkhoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ἠχώ; τῆς ἠχόος / ἠχοῦς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠχώ hē ēkhṓ	τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ	αἱ ἠχοί hai ēkhoí
Genitive	τῆς ἠχόος / ἠχοῦς tês ēkhóos / ēkhoûs	τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn	τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn
Dative	τῇ ἠχόῐ̈ / ἠχοῖ tēî ēkhóĭ̈ / ēkhoî	τοῖν ἠχοῖν toîn ēkhoîn	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἠχοῖς / ἠχοῖσῐ / ἠχοῖσῐν tēîsĭ(n) ēkhoîs / ēkhoîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἠχόᾰ / ἠχώ tḕn ēkhóă / ēkhṓ	τὼ ἠχώ tṑ ēkhṓ	τᾱ̀ς ἠχούς tā̀s ēkhoús
Vocative	ἠχοῖ ēkhoî	ἠχώ ēkhṓ	ἠχοί ēkhoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓χώ; τᾶς ᾱ̓χόος / ᾱ̓χῶς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓χώ hā ākhṓ	τὼ ᾱ̓χώ tṑ ākhṓ	ταὶ ᾱ̓χοί taì ākhoí
Genitive	τᾶς ᾱ̓χόος / ᾱ̓χῶς tâs ākhóos / ākhôs	τοῖν ᾱ̓χοῖν toîn ākhoîn	τᾶν ᾱ̓χῶν tân ākhôn
Dative	τᾷ ᾱ̓χόῐ̈ / ᾱ̓χοῖ tāî ākhóĭ̈ / ākhoî	τοῖν ᾱ̓χοῖν toîn ākhoîn	ταῖς ᾱ̓χοῖς taîs ākhoîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν ᾱ̓χόᾰ / ᾱ̓χώ tā̀n ākhóă / ākhṓ	τὼ ᾱ̓χώ tṑ ākhṓ	τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓χούς tā̀s ākhoús
Vocative	ᾱ̓χοῖ ākhoî	ᾱ̓χώ ākhṓ	ᾱ̓χοί ākhoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἠχωῐ̈κός (ēkhōĭ̈kós)

Descendants

• Greek: ηχώ f (ichó)
• → Latin: ēchō, ēccō (Medieval Latin)
  • → Albanian: jeh
  • → Danish: ekko (learned)
  • → English: echo (learned)
  • → French: écho m (learned)
  • → German: Echo n (learned)
    • → Russian: э́хо n (éxo)
      • → Mariupol Greek: э́хо (éxo)
  • → Italian: eco, ecco (archaic) (learned)
    • →? Albanian: jeh (and/or directly from Latin)
  • → Spanish: eco m (learned)
  • → Swedish: eko (learned)

References

• “ἠχώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠχώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠχώ” 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.
  • blare idem, page 82.
  • echo idem, page 260.
  • flourish idem, page 329.
  • resonance idem, page 703.
  • reverberation idem, page 709.
  • sound idem, page 796.
  • voice idem, page 955.