epocha

See also: épocha

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin epocha.

Noun

epocha (plural epochas)

1. Obsolete form of epoch. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1667, J[oseph] G[lanvill], Some Philosophical Considerations Touching the Being of Witches and Witchcraft. […], London: […] E[llen] C[otes] for James Collins […], →OCLC, page 5:

     [S]tanding publick Records have been kept of theſe vvell atteſted Relations, and Epocha’s made of thoſe unvvonted events.

   • 1773, John Adams, “1773. Decr. 17th”, in Diary of John Adams, Volume 2, pages 85–86:

     This Destruction of the Tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and it must have so important Consequences, and so lasting, that I cant but consider it as an Epocha in History.

   • 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview, published 2002, page 70:

     [T]hese dancers were the very men whose bravery formed the great epocha of French liberty; the heroes who demolished the towers of the Bastille, and whose fame will descend to the latest posterity.

Anagrams

• Phocea, cheapo, phocae

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpoxa]

Noun

epocha f

1. epoch

Declension

Declension of epocha (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	epocha	epochy
genitive	epochy	epoch
dative	epoše	epochám
accusative	epochu	epochy
vocative	epocho	epochy
locative	epoše	epochách
instrumental	epochou	epochami

Related terms

• epochální

 

See also

• éra
• období
• časy
• věk

Further reading

• “epocha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “epocha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “epocha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “I hold in, check”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.po.kʰa/, [ˈɛpɔkʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.po.ka/, [ˈɛːpokä]

Noun

epocha f (genitive epochae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) age, period, time, season, epoch (particular period of history)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	epocha	epochae
Genitive	epochae	epochārum
Dative	epochae	epochīs
Accusative	epocham	epochās
Ablative	epochā	epochīs
Vocative	epocha	epochae

Descendants

• → English: epocha, epoch
• → German: Epoche
• Asturian: época
• French: époque
• Galician: época
• Italian: epoca
• Mirandese: época
• Portuguese: época
• Romanian: epocă
• Sicilian: èbbica
• Spanish: época

Portuguese

Noun

epocha f (plural epochas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of época.