ἡνίοχος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ἡνία (hēnía, “bridle, rein”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.ní.o.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈni.o.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈni.o.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈni.o.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈni.o.xos/
Noun
ἡνῐ́οχος • (hēnĭ́okhos) m (genitive ἡνῐόχου); second declension
- one who holds the reins, charioteer
- chariot-driver in games
- (figuratively) guide, leader
- Synonym: κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs)
- (in the plural) class of rich citizens of Athens who had to furnish chariots for public service
- (astronomy) Auriga, a winter constellation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἡνῐ́οχος ho hēnĭ́okhos |
τὼ ἡνῐόχω tṑ hēnĭókhō |
οἱ ἡνῐ́οχοι hoi hēnĭ́okhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἡνῐόχου toû hēnĭókhou |
τοῖν ἡνῐόχοιν toîn hēnĭókhoin |
τῶν ἡνῐόχων tôn hēnĭókhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἡνῐόχῳ tōî hēnĭókhōi |
τοῖν ἡνῐόχοιν toîn hēnĭókhoin |
τοῖς ἡνῐόχοις toîs hēnĭókhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἡνῐ́οχον tòn hēnĭ́okhon |
τὼ ἡνῐόχω tṑ hēnĭókhō |
τοὺς ἡνῐόχους toùs hēnĭókhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡνῐ́οχε hēnĭ́okhe |
ἡνῐόχω hēnĭókhō |
ἡνῐ́οχοι hēnĭ́okhoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡνῐ́οχος hēnĭ́okhos |
ἡνῐόχω hēnĭókhō |
ἡνῐ́οχοι hēnĭ́okhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἡνῐόχου / ἡνῐοχοῖο / ἡνῐόχοιο / ἡνῐοχόο / ἡνῐόχοο hēnĭókhou / hēnĭokhoîo / hēnĭókhoio / hēnĭokhóo / hēnĭókhoo |
ἡνῐόχοιν / ἡνῐόχοιῐν hēnĭókhoi(ĭ)n |
ἡνῐόχων hēnĭókhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἡνῐόχῳ hēnĭókhōi |
ἡνῐόχοιν / ἡνῐόχοιῐν hēnĭókhoi(ĭ)n |
ἡνῐόχοισῐ / ἡνῐόχοισῐν / ἡνῐόχοις hēnĭókhoisĭ(n) / hēnĭókhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἡνῐ́οχον hēnĭ́okhon |
ἡνῐόχω hēnĭókhō |
ἡνῐόχους hēnĭókhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡνῐ́οχε hēnĭ́okhe |
ἡνῐόχω hēnĭókhō |
ἡνῐ́οχοι hēnĭ́okhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἡνιοχεία (hēniokheía)
- ἡνιοχεύς (hēniokheús)
- ἡνιοχευτικός (hēniokheutikós)
- ἡνιοχεύω (hēniokheúō)
- ἡνιοχέω (hēniokhéō)
- ἡνιόχη (hēniókhē)
- ἡνιόχησις (hēniókhēsis)
- ἡνιοχητικός (hēniokhētikós)
- ἡνιοχικός (hēniokhikós)
- Ἡνίοχοι (Hēníokhoi)
References
- “ἡνίοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡνίοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἡνίοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἡνίοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἡνίοχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963