ἔχις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁égʰis with cognates including Sanskrit अहि (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.kʰis/ → /ˈe.çis/ → /ˈe.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.kʰis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.çis/

Noun

ἔχις • (ékhis) m or f (genitive ἔχῐος or ἔχεως); third declension

1. snake, adder, viper

Usage notes

• Primarily masculine, sometimes feminine.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ἔχῐς; τοῦ, τῆς ἔχεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ἔχῐς ho, hē ékhis	τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei	οἱ, αἱ ἔχεις hoi, hai ékheis
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ἔχεως toû, tês ékheōs	τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin	τῶν ἔχεων tôn ékheōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ἔχει tôi, têi ékhei	τοῖν ἐχέοιν toîn ekhéoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ἔχεσῐ / ἔχεσῐν toîs, taîs ékhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ἔχῐν tòn, tḕn ékhin	τὼ ἔχει tṑ ékhei	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἔχεις toùs, tā̀s ékheis
Vocative	ἔχῐ ékhi	ἔχει ékhei	ἔχεις ékheis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἔχιδνα (ékhidna)
• ὄφις (óphis)

References

• “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔχις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • serpent idem, page 755.
  • snake idem, page 788.
  • viper idem, page 954.