ἐχενηΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold, detain”) +‎ ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.nɛː.ís/ → /e.çe.niˈis/ → /e.çe.niˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.nɛː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.ne̝ˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.çe.niˈis/

Noun

ἐχενηΐς • (ekhenēḯs) f (genitive ἐχενηΐδος); third declension

1. remora, suckerfish (fish of the family Echeneidae)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐχενηΐς; τῆς ἐχενηῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐχενηΐς hē ekhenēḯs	τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēĭ̈́de	αἱ ἐχενηῐ̈́δες hai ekhenēĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐχενηῐ̈́δος tês ekhenēĭ̈́dos	τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēĭ̈́doin	τῶν ἐχενηῐ̈́δων tôn ekhenēĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐχενηῐ̈́δῐ têi ekhenēĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν ἐχενηῐ̈́δοιν toîn ekhenēĭ̈́doin	ταῖς ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐ / ἐχενηῐ̈́σῐν taîs ekhenēĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn ekhenēĭ̈́dă	τὼ ἐχενηῐ̈́δε tṑ ekhenēĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐχενηῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s ekhenēĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	ἐχενηΐς ekhenēḯs	ἐχενηῐ̈́δε ekhenēĭ̈́de	ἐχενηῐ̈́δες ekhenēĭ̈́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: echenēis
• → Translingual: Echeneis

Further reading

• “ἐχενηΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐχενηΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette