Ἠχώ

See also: ηχώ and ἠχώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/ → /iˈxo/ → /iˈxo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈkʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈxo/

Proper noun

Ἠχώ • (Ēkhṓ) f (genitive Ἠχοῦς); third declension

1. Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἠχώ; τῆς Ἠχοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἠχώ hē Ēkhṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ἠχοῦς tês Ēkhoûs
Dative	τῇ Ἠχοῖ têi Ēkhoî
Accusative	τὴν Ἠχώ tḕn Ēkhṓ
Vocative	Ἠχοῖ Ēkhoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηχώ (Ichó)
• Latin: Ēchō

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009