From Proto-Hellenic *hekʰinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀑𐀜 (e-ki-no), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Proto-Germanic *igilaz, Albanian esh.[1]
ἐχῖνος • (ekhînos) m (genitive ἐχῑ́νου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ἐχῖνος ho ekhînos |
τὼ ἐχῑ́νω tṑ ekhī́nō |
οἱ ἐχῖνοι hoi ekhînoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου toû ekhī́nou |
τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν toîn ekhī́noin |
τῶν ἐχῑ́νων tôn ekhī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐχῑ́νῳ tôi ekhī́nōi |
τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν toîn ekhī́noin |
τοῖς ἐχῑ́νοις toîs ekhī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐχῖνον tòn ekhînon |
τὼ ἐχῑ́νω tṑ ekhī́nō |
τοὺς ἐχῑ́νους toùs ekhī́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐχῖνε ekhîne |
ἐχῑ́νω ekhī́nō |
ἐχῖνοι ekhînoi | ||||||||||
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