ὀχυρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐχυρός (ekhurós)

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō, “hold, remain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.kʰy.rós/ → /o.çyˈros/ → /o.çiˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.kʰy.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.kʰyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.çyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.çyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.çiˈros/

Adjective

ὀχῠρός • (okhŭrós) m (feminine ὀχῠρᾱ́, neuter ὀχῠρόν); first/second declension

1. firm, lasting, stout
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 427
   1. (of places) strong, secure
      • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 738
      1. (military, of a stronghold or position) strong, tenable
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropedia 6.15,15

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀχυρός; ὀχυρᾱ́; ὀχυρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀχυρός okhurós	ὀχυρᾱ́ okhurā́	ὀχυρόν okhurón		ὀχυρώ okhurṓ	ὀχυρᾱ́ okhurā́	ὀχυρώ okhurṓ		ὀχυροί okhuroí	ὀχυραί okhuraí	ὀχυρᾰ́ okhurắ
Genitive		ὀχυροῦ okhuroû	ὀχυρᾶς okhurâs	ὀχυροῦ okhuroû		ὀχυροῖν okhuroîn	ὀχυραῖν okhuraîn	ὀχυροῖν okhuroîn		ὀχυρῶν okhurôn	ὀχυρῶν okhurôn	ὀχυρῶν okhurôn
Dative		ὀχυρῷ okhurôi	ὀχυρᾷ okhurâi	ὀχυρῷ okhurôi		ὀχυροῖν okhuroîn	ὀχυραῖν okhuraîn	ὀχυροῖν okhuroîn		ὀχυροῖς okhuroîs	ὀχυραῖς okhuraîs	ὀχυροῖς okhuroîs
Accusative		ὀχυρόν okhurón	ὀχυρᾱ́ν okhurā́n	ὀχυρόν okhurón		ὀχυρώ okhurṓ	ὀχυρᾱ́ okhurā́	ὀχυρώ okhurṓ		ὀχυρούς okhuroús	ὀχυρᾱ́ς okhurā́s	ὀχυρᾰ́ okhurắ
Vocative		ὀχυρέ okhuré	ὀχυρᾱ́ okhurā́	ὀχυρόν okhurón		ὀχυρώ okhurṓ	ὀχυρᾱ́ okhurā́	ὀχυρώ okhurṓ		ὀχυροί okhuroí	ὀχυραί okhuraí	ὀχυρᾰ́ okhurắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀχυρῶς okhurôs				ὀχυρότερος okhuróteros				ὀχυρότᾰτος okhurótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀχυρόω (okhuróō)

Further reading

• “ὀχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀχυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀχυρός 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.
  • secure idem, page 747.
  • strong idem, page 827.
  • tenable idem, page 860.