ἰαχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰάχω (iákhō, “to cry out, scream”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.a.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /i.aˈçi/ → /i.aˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.a.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/

Noun

ἰᾰχή • (iăkhḗ) f (genitive ἰᾰχῆς); first declension

1. cry, shout, both of victor and vanquished
2. wail, shriek, scream
3. joyous sound, shout of joy

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἰᾰχή; τῆς ἰᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰᾰχή hē iăkhḗ	τὼ ἰᾰχᾱ́ tṑ iăkhā́	αἱ ἰᾰχαί hai iăkhaí
Genitive	τῆς ἰᾰχῆς tês iăkhês	τοῖν ἰᾰχαῖν toîn iăkhaîn	τῶν ἰᾰχῶν tôn iăkhôn
Dative	τῇ ἰᾰχῇ têi iăkhêi	τοῖν ἰᾰχαῖν toîn iăkhaîn	ταῖς ἰᾰχαῖς taîs iăkhaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἰᾰχήν tḕn iăkhḗn	τὼ ἰᾰχᾱ́ tṑ iăkhā́	τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s iăkhā́s
Vocative	ἰᾰχή iăkhḗ	ἰᾰχᾱ́ iăkhā́	ἰᾰχαί iăkhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἰαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἰαχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰαχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἰαχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963