ἰχώρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.kʰɔ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈkʰor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈxor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈxor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈxor/
Noun
ῑ̓χώρ • (īkhṓr) m (genitive ῑ̓χῶρος); third declension
- ichor, the fluid which runs through the veins of gods
- lymph, serum, the watery part of blood
- whey, the watery part of milk
- gravy
- pus, discharge, impure fluid
- naphtha (probably as the supposed putrefaction of giants)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῑ̓χώρ ho īkhṓr |
τὼ ῑ̓χῶρε tṑ īkhôre |
οἱ ῑ̓χῶρες hoi īkhôres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῑ̓χῶρος toû īkhôros |
τοῖν ῑ̓χώροιν toîn īkhṓroin |
τῶν ῑ̓χώρων tôn īkhṓrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῑ̓χῶρῐ tōî īkhôrĭ |
τοῖν ῑ̓χώροιν toîn īkhṓroin |
τοῖς ῑ̓χῶρσῐ / ῑ̓χῶρσῐν toîs īkhôrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῑ̓χῶρᾰ tòn īkhôră |
τὼ ῑ̓χῶρε tṑ īkhôre |
τοὺς ῑ̓χῶρᾰς toùs īkhôrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr |
ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre |
ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr |
ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre |
ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ῑ̓χῶρος īkhôros |
ῑ̓χώροιν / ῑ̓χώροιῐν īkhṓroi(ĭ)n |
ῑ̓χώρων īkhṓrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ῑ̓χῶρῐ īkhôrĭ |
ῑ̓χώροιν / ῑ̓χώροιῐν īkhṓroi(ĭ)n |
ῑ̓χῶρσῐ / ῑ̓χῶρσῐν / ῑ̓χώρεσσῐ / ῑ̓χώρεσσῐν / ῑ̓χώρεσῐ / ῑ̓χώρεσῐν īkhôrsĭ(n) / īkhṓressĭ(n) / īkhṓresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ῑ̓χῶ īkhô |
ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre |
ῑ̓χῶρᾰς īkhôrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῑ̓χώρ īkhṓr |
ῑ̓χῶρε īkhôre |
ῑ̓χῶρες īkhôres | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῑ̓χώρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 607-608
Further reading
- “ἰχώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰχώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἰχώρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἰχώρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἰχώρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963