ἐχενηΐς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold, detain”) + ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.kʰe.nɛː.ís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.kʰe.ne̝ˈis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
Noun
ἐχενηΐς • (ekhenēḯs) f (genitive ἐχενηΐδος); third declension
- remora, suckerfish (fish of the family Echeneidae)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐχενηΐς hē ekhenēḯs |
τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēĭ̈́de |
αἱ ἐχενηῐ̈́δες hai ekhenēĭ̈́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐχενηῐ̈́δος tês ekhenēĭ̈́dos |
τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēĭ̈́doin |
τῶν ἐχενηῐ̈́δων tôn ekhenēĭ̈́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐχενηῐ̈́δῐ tēî ekhenēĭ̈́dĭ |
τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēĭ̈́doin |
ταῖς ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐ / ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐν taîs ekhenēĭ̈́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn ekhenēĭ̈́dă |
τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēĭ̈́de |
τᾱ̀ς ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s ekhenēĭ̈́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐχενηΐς ekhenēḯs |
ἐχενηῐ̈́δε ekhenēĭ̈́de |
ἐχενηῐ̈́δες ekhenēĭ̈́des | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἐχενηΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐχενηΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette