ἰχώρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, likely Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.kʰɔ̌ːr/ → /iˈxor/ → /iˈxor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.kʰɔ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈkʰor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈxor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈxor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈxor/

Noun

ῑ̓χώρ • (īkhṓr) m (genitive ῑ̓χῶρος); third declension

1. ichor, the fluid which runs through the veins of gods
2. lymph, serum, the watery part of blood
3. whey, the watery part of milk
4. gravy
5. pus, discharge, impure fluid
6. naphtha (probably as the supposed putrefaction of giants)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῑ̓χώρ; τοῦ ῑ̓χῶρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̓χώρ ho īkhṓr	τὼ ῑ̓χῶρε tṑ īkhôre	οἱ ῑ̓χῶρες hoi īkhôres
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓χῶρος toû īkhôros	τοῖν ῑ̓χώροιν toîn īkhṓroin	τῶν ῑ̓χώρων tôn īkhṓrōn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓χῶρῐ tōî īkhôrĭ	τοῖν ῑ̓χώροιν toîn īkhṓroin	τοῖς ῑ̓χῶρσῐ / ῑ̓χῶρσῐν toîs īkhôrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̓χῶρᾰ tòn īkhôră	τὼ ῑ̓χῶρε tṑ īkhôre	τοὺς ῑ̓χῶρᾰς toùs īkhôrăs
Vocative	ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr	ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre	ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ῑ̓χώρ; ῑ̓χῶρος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr	ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre	ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres
Genitive	ῑ̓χῶρος īkhôros	ῑ̓χώροιν / ῑ̓χώροιῐ̈ν īkhṓroi(ĭ̈)n	ῑ̓χώρων īkhṓrōn
Dative	ῑ̓χῶρῐ īkhôrĭ	ῑ̓χώροιν / ῑ̓χώροιῐ̈ν īkhṓroi(ĭ̈)n	ῑ̓χῶρσῐ / ῑ̓χῶρσῐν / ῑ̓χώρεσῐ / ῑ̓χώρεσῐν / ῑ̓χώρεσσῐ / ῑ̓χώρεσσῐν īkhôrsĭ(n) / īkhṓresĭ(n) / īkhṓressĭ(n)
Accusative	ῑ̓χῶ īkhô	ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre	ῑ̓χῶρᾰς īkhôrăs
Vocative	ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr	ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre	ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἰχώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰχώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἰχώρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰχώρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἰχώρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963