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ἐχῖνος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *hekʰinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀑𐀜 (e-ki-no), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Proto-Germanic *igilaz, Albanian esh.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἐχῖνος (ekhînosm (genitive ἐχῑ́νου); second declension

  1. hedgehog
  2. sea urchin
  3. shell of a sea urchin
  4. jug, cup, vase
  5. The shell of certain nuts, such as the chestnut
  6. The third stomach of ruminants (the omasum)
  7. The moulding atop the Doric capital

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: echino-
  • Greek: εχίνος (echínos), αχινός (achinós)
  • Latin: echīnus (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐχῖνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489

Further reading

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