ἐχέφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔχω (ékhō) + -φρων (-phrōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.kʰé.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈkʰe.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈçe.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈçe.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈçe.fron/
Adjective
ἐχέφρων • (ekhéphrōn) m or f (neuter ἐχέφρον); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) thoughtful, prudent
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐχέφρων ekhéphrōn |
ἐχέφρον ekhéphron |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονες ekhéphrones |
ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphronă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐχέφρονος ekhéphronos |
ἐχέφρονος ekhéphronos |
ἐχεφρόνοιν / ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoi(ĭ)n |
ἐχεφρόνοιν / ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoi(ĭ)n |
ἐχεφρόνων ekhephrónōn |
ἐχεφρόνων ekhephrónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐχέφρονῐ ekhéphronĭ |
ἐχέφρονῐ ekhéphronĭ |
ἐχεφρόνοιν / ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoi(ĭ)n |
ἐχεφρόνοιν / ἐχεφρόνοιῐν ekhephrónoi(ĭ)n |
ἐχέφροσῐ / ἐχέφροσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσῐν ekhéphrosĭ(n) / ekhephrónessĭ(n) / ekhephrónesĭ(n) |
ἐχέφροσῐ / ἐχέφροσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσσῐν / ἐχεφρόνεσῐ / ἐχεφρόνεσῐν ekhéphrosĭ(n) / ekhephrónessĭ(n) / ekhephrónesĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphronă |
ἐχέφρον ekhéphron |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονᾰς ekhéphronăs |
ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphronă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐχέφρον ekhéphron |
ἐχέφρον ekhéphron |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονε ekhéphrone |
ἐχέφρονες ekhéphrones |
ἐχέφρονᾰ ekhéphronă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐχεφρόνως ekhephrónōs |
ἐχεφρονέστερος ekhephronésteros |
ἐχεφρονέστᾰτος ekhephronéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐχέφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐχέφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐχέφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐχέφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press