ἐχῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hekʰinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀑𐀜 (e-ki-no), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Proto-Germanic *igilaz, Albanian esh.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐχῖνος • (ekhînos) m (genitive ἐχῑ́νου); second declension

  1. hedgehog
  2. sea urchin
  3. shell of a sea urchin
  4. jug, cup, vase
  5. The shell of certain nuts, such as the chestnut
  6. The third stomach of ruminants (the omasum)
  7. The moulding atop the Doric capital

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐχῖνος; τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐχῖνος
ho ekhînos 		τὼ ἐχῑ́νω
tṑ ekhī́nō 		οἱ ἐχῖνοι
hoi ekhînoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου
toû ekhī́nou 		τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν
toîn ekhī́noin 		τῶν ἐχῑ́νων
tôn ekhī́nōn
Dative τῷ ἐχῑ́νῳ
tōî ekhī́nōi 		τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν
toîn ekhī́noin 		τοῖς ἐχῑ́νοις
toîs ekhī́nois
Accusative τὸν ἐχῖνον
tòn ekhînon 		τὼ ἐχῑ́νω
tṑ ekhī́nō 		τοὺς ἐχῑ́νους
toùs ekhī́nous
Vocative ἐχῖνε
ekhîne 		ἐχῑ́νω
ekhī́nō 		ἐχῖνοι
ekhînoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: echino-
  • Greek: εχίνος (echínos), αχινός (achinós)
  • → Latin: echīnus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐχῖνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489

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