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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁égʰis with cognates including Sanskrit अहि (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.kʰis/ → /ˈe.çis/ → /ˈe.çis/
Noun
ἔχις • (ékhis) m or f (genitive ἔχῐος or ἔχεως); third declension
- snake, adder, viper
Usage notes
- Primarily masculine, sometimes feminine.
Inflection
ὁ, ἡ ἔχῐς
ho, hē ékhis
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τὼ ἔχει
tṑ ékhei
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οἱ, αἱ ἔχεις
hoi, hai ékheis
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τοῦ, τῆς ἔχεως
toû, tês ékheōs
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τοῖν ἐχέοιν
toîn ekhéoin
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τῶν ἔχεων
tôn ékheōn
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τῷ, τῇ ἔχει
tôi, têi ékhei
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τοῖν ἐχέοιν
toîn ekhéoin
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τοῖς, ταῖς ἔχεσῐ / ἔχεσῐν
toîs, taîs ékhesi(n)
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τὸν, τὴν ἔχῐν
tòn, tḕn ékhin
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τὼ ἔχει
tṑ ékhei
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἔχεις
toùs, tā̀s ékheis
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ἔχῐ
ékhi
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ἔχει
ékhei
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ἔχεις
ékheis
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See also
References
- “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔχις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔχις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.