ἠχή

See also: ἠχῇ

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old English swōgan (“to resound”).^[1]

ἠχή • (ēkhḗ) f (genitive ἠχῆς); first declension

First declension of ἡ ἠχή; τῆς ἠχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠχή hē ēkhḗ	τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́	αἱ ἠχαί hai ēkhaí
Genitive	τῆς ἠχῆς tês ēkhês	τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn	τῶν ἠχῶν tôn ēkhôn
Dative	τῇ ἠχῇ tēî ēkhēî	τοῖν ἠχαῖν toîn ēkhaîn	ταῖς ἠχαῖς taîs ēkhaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἠχήν tḕn ēkhḗn	τὼ ἠχᾱ́ tṑ ēkhā́	τᾱ̀ς ἠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ēkhā́s
Vocative	ἠχή ēkhḗ	ἠχᾱ́ ēkhā́	ἠχαί ēkhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓χᾱ́; τᾶς ᾱ̓χᾶς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓χᾱ́ hā ākhā́	τὼ ᾱ̓χᾱ́ tṑ ākhā́	ταὶ ᾱ̓χαί taì ākhaí
Genitive	τᾶς ᾱ̓χᾶς tâs ākhâs	τοῖν ᾱ̓χαῖν toîn ākhaîn	τᾶν ᾱ̓χᾶν tân ākhân
Dative	τᾷ ᾱ̓χᾷ tāî ākhāî	τοῖν ᾱ̓χαῖν toîn ākhaîn	ταῖς ᾱ̓χαῖς taîs ākhaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν ᾱ̓χᾱ́ν tā̀n ākhā́n	τὼ ᾱ̓χᾱ́ tṑ ākhā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓χᾱ́ς tā̀s ākhā́s
Vocative	ᾱ̓χᾱ́ ākhā́	ᾱ̓χᾱ́ ākhā́	ᾱ̓χαί ākhaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἠχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528

“ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἠχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἠχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἠχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blare idem, page 82.
- flourish idem, page 329.
- noise idem, page 559.
- peal idem, page 601.
- rattle idem, page 673.
- roar idem, page 719.
- sound idem, page 796.