ἐκεῖνος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ékeyenos, from ἐ- (e-, augment) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é) + *ḱe (deictic particle) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (that) (compare ἔνη (énē)).[1] Middle part also in Latin ce-dō, cis, hi-c(e), last part also in Latin enim, nam, etc. Possibly a cognate with Old Norse hann (from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᚾᚨᛉ (*hanaʀ /⁠*hānaʀ⁠/)).

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos) (Epic, Attic, Koine)

  1. (demonstrative) that
    1. (of place, to indicate something farther from the speaker) there
    2. (of time, to indicate something farther in the past)
      1. (to indicate something previously mentioned)
      2. (in contrast to οὗτος (hoûtos) the former)
    3. (of someone or something famous or infamous)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: εκείνος (ekeínos)

See also

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐκεῖνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

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