ἐχέτλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō, “I have”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰé.tlɛː/ → /eˈçe.tli/ → /eˈçe.tli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰé.tlɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈkʰe.tle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈçe.tli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈçe.tli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈçe.tli/

Noun

ἐχέτλη • (ekhétlē) f (genitive ἐχέτλης); first declension

1. a plough-handle

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐχέτλη; τῆς ἐχέτλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐχέτλη hē ekhétlē	τὼ ἐχέτλᾱ tṑ ekhétlā	αἱ ἐχέτλαι hai ekhétlai
Genitive	τῆς ἐχέτλης tês ekhétlēs	τοῖν ἐχέτλαιν toîn ekhétlain	τῶν ἐχετλῶν tôn ekhetlôn
Dative	τῇ ἐχέτλῃ têi ekhétlēi	τοῖν ἐχέτλαιν toîn ekhétlain	ταῖς ἐχέτλαις taîs ekhétlais
Accusative	τὴν ἐχέτλην tḕn ekhétlēn	τὼ ἐχέτλᾱ tṑ ekhétlā	τᾱ̀ς ἐχέτλᾱς tā̀s ekhétlās
Vocative	ἐχέτλη ekhétlē	ἐχέτλᾱ ekhétlā	ἐχέτλαι ekhétlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἐχετλαῖος (Ekhetlaîos)

Further reading

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