ὠχρός

See also: ωχρός and ὦχρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; the traditional connection with Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá, “tiger”) (based on a shared semantic connection of warm color) is morphologically unconvincing. Wackernagel hesitatingly supposed that a neuter ὦχρος (ôkhros) replaced an older *ὦχος (*ôkhos), like αἶσχος (aîskhos) to αἰσχρός (aiskhrós) and ψῦχος (psûkhos) to ψυχρός (psukhrós).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.kʰrós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈkʰros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈxros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈxros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈxros/

Adjective

ὠχρός • (ōkhrós) m (feminine ὠχρᾱ́, neuter ὠχρόν); first/second declension

pale, sallow, wan

Inflection

First and second declension of ὠχρός; ὠχρᾱ́; ὠχρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὠχρός ōkhrós	ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́	ὠχρόν ōkhrón	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχροί ōkhroí	ὠχραί ōkhraí	ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrắ
Genitive	ὠχροῦ ōkhroû	ὠχρᾶς ōkhrâs	ὠχροῦ ōkhroû	ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn	ὠχραῖν ōkhraîn	ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn	ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn	ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn	ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn
Dative	ὠχρῷ ōkhrōî	ὠχρᾷ ōkhrāî	ὠχρῷ ōkhrōî	ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn	ὠχραῖν ōkhraîn	ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn	ὠχροῖς ōkhroîs	ὠχραῖς ōkhraîs	ὠχροῖς ōkhroîs
Accusative	ὠχρόν ōkhrón	ὠχρᾱ́ν ōkhrā́n	ὠχρόν ōkhrón	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχρούς ōkhroús	ὠχρᾱ́ς ōkhrā́s	ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrắ
Vocative	ὠχρέ ōkhré	ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́	ὠχρόν ōkhrón	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́	ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ	ὠχροί ōkhroí	ὠχραί ōkhraí	ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὠχρῶς ōkhrôs			ὠχρότερος ōkhróteros			ὠχρότᾰτος ōkhrótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἔξωχρος (éxōkhros)
ὤχρα (ṓkhra)
ὠχραίνω (ōkhraínō)
ὠχραντικός (ōkhrantikós)
ὠχράω (ōkhráō)
ὠχρία (ōkhría)
ὠχρίας (ōkhrías)
ὠχρίασις (ōkhríasis)
ὠχριάω (ōkhriáō)
ὠχροειδής (ōkhroeidḗs)
ὠχρόλευκος (ōkhróleukos)
ὠχρομέλας (ōkhromélas)
ὠχρόμματος (ōkhrómmatos)
ὠχρόξανθος (ōkhróxanthos)
ὠχροπελιός (ōkhropeliós)
ὠχροποιός (ōkhropoiós)
ὦχρος (ôkhros)
ὠχροσύνη (ōkhrosúnē)
ὠχρότης (ōkhrótēs)
ὤχρωμα (ṓkhrōma)

Descendants

Greek: ωχρός (ochrós)
→? Old Georgian: ოქროჲ (okroy)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὠχρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1684