epocha

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English

Etymology

Medieval Latin epocha

Noun

epocha (plural epochas)

  1. Obsolete form of epoch.
    • 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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

See also

Further reading

  • epocha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • epocha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • epocha in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

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

Portuguese

Noun

epocha f (plural epochas)

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