ἔχθω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as ἔχθος (ékhthos, “hate”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ékʰ.tʰɔː/ → /ˈex.θo/ → /ˈex.θo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ékʰ.tʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈekʰ.tʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈex.θo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈex.θo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈex.θo/

Verb

ἔχθω • (ékhthō)

1. to hate

Conjugation

   Present: ἔχθω, ἔχθομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔχθω	ἔχθεις	ἔχθει	ἔχθετον	ἔχθετον	ἔχθομεν	ἔχθετε	ἔχθουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἔχθω	ἔχθῃς	ἔχθῃ	ἔχθητον	ἔχθητον	ἔχθωμεν	ἔχθητε	ἔχθωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἔχθοιμῐ	ἔχθοις	ἔχθοι	ἔχθοιτον	ἐχθοίτην	ἔχθοιμεν	ἔχθοιτε	ἔχθοιεν
	imperative		ἔχθε	ἐχθέτω	ἔχθετον	ἐχθέτων		ἔχθετε	ἐχθόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἔχθομαι	ἔχθῃ, ἔχθει	ἔχθεται	ἔχθεσθον	ἔχθεσθον	ἐχθόμεθᾰ	ἔχθεσθε	ἔχθονται
	subjunctive	ἔχθωμαι	ἔχθῃ	ἔχθηται	ἔχθησθον	ἔχθησθον	ἐχθώμεθᾰ	ἔχθησθε	ἔχθωνται
	optative	ἐχθοίμην	ἔχθοιο	ἔχθοιτο	ἔχθοισθον	ἐχθοίσθην	ἐχθοίμεθᾰ	ἔχθοισθε	ἔχθοιντο
	imperative		ἔχθου	ἐχθέσθω	ἔχθεσθον	ἐχθέσθων		ἔχθεσθε	ἐχθέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἔχθειν				ἔχθεσθαι
participle	m	ἔχθων				ἐχθόμενος
	f	ἔχθουσᾰ				ἐχθομένη
	n	ἔχθον				ἐχθόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἦχθον, ἠχθόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἦχθον	ἦχθες	ἦχθε(ν)	ἤχθετον	ἠχθέτην	ἤχθομεν	ἤχθετε	ἦχθον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠχθόμην	ἤχθου	ἤχθετο	ἤχθεσθον	ἠχθέσθην	ἠχθόμεθᾰ	ἤχθεσθε	ἤχθοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

The only attested form outside the present and imperfect tense is the perfect mediopassive participle ἠχθημένος (ēkhthēménos).

Related terms

• ὀχθέω (okhthéō)

Further reading

• ἔχθω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἔχθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abhor idem, page 1.
  • detest idem, page 219.
  • execrate idem, page 290.
  • hate idem, page 388.
  • loathe idem, page 496.