οἰνοχόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.kʰó.ɛː/ → /y.noˈxo.i/ → /i.noˈxo.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.kʰó.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.noˈkʰo.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.noˈxo.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.noˈxo.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.noˈxo.i/

Noun

οἰνοχόη • (oinokhóē) f (genitive οἰνοχόης); first declension

1. vessel for taking wine from the krater and pouring it into the cups
2. kind of sideboard to range the wine-cups on
3. female cupbearer

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἰνοχόη; τῆς οἰνοχόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἰνοχόη hē oinokhóē	τὼ οἰνοχόᾱ tṑ oinokhóā	αἱ οἰνοχόαι hai oinokhóai
Genitive	τῆς οἰνοχόης tês oinokhóēs	τοῖν οἰνοχόαιν toîn oinokhóain	τῶν οἰνοχοῶν tôn oinokhoôn
Dative	τῇ οἰνοχόῃ têi oinokhóēi	τοῖν οἰνοχόαιν toîn oinokhóain	ταῖς οἰνοχόαις taîs oinokhóais
Accusative	τὴν οἰνοχόην tḕn oinokhóēn	τὼ οἰνοχόᾱ tṑ oinokhóā	τᾱ̀ς οἰνοχόᾱς tā̀s oinokhóās
Vocative	οἰνοχόη oinokhóē	οἰνοχόᾱ oinokhóā	οἰνοχόαι oinokhóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: οινοχόη (oinochói)
• → Latin: oenochoē

Further reading

• “οἰνοχόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἰνοχόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἰνοχόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette