ἠχώ

See also: ηχώ and Ἠχώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾱ̓χώ (ākhṓ) — Doric

Etymology

From Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠχώ • (ēkhṓ) f (genitive ἠχοῦς); third declension

  1. echo, reflected sound
  2. protracted sound

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἠχώ; τῆς ἠχοῦς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ ἠχώ
hē ēkhṓ
Genitive τῆς ἠχοῦς
tês ēkhoûs
Dative τῇ ἠχοῖ
tēî ēkhoî
Accusative τὴν ἠχώ
tḕn ēkhṓ
Vocative ἠχοῖ
ēkhoî
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: echo
  • French: écho m
  • Greek:
  • Italian: eco
  • Latin: echo
    • → Albanian: jeh
  • Russian: э́хо (éxo)
  • Spanish: eco m
  • Swedish: eko

References

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