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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally analysed as ῑ̓ός (īós, “arrow”) + χέω (khéō, “to pour”), but may be from Proto-Indo-European *ísuǵʰesṛ (“arrow-handed”), from *(H)ísus (“arrow”) + *ǵʰésōr (“hand”), equivalent to ῑ̓ός (īós, “arrow”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”); compare Sanskrit इषुहस्त (iṣuhasta, “arrow-handed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iː.o.kʰé.ai̯.ra/ → /i.oˈçe.ɛ.ra/ → /i.oˈçe.e.ra/
Adjective
ῑ̓οχέαιρᾰ • (īokhéaira) (attested in feminine singular only)
- arrow-pouring (epithet of Artemis)
Declension
ῑ̓οχέαιρᾰ
īokhéaira
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ῑ̓οχεαίρης
īokheaírēs
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ῑ̓οχεαίρῃ
īokheaírēi
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ῑ̓οχέαιρᾰν
īokhéairan
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ῑ̓οχέαιρᾰ
īokhéaira
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 59-60
Further reading
“ἰοχέαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press