Ἠχώ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.kʰɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈkʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈxo/
Proper noun
Ἠχώ • (Ēkhṓ) f (genitive Ἠχοῦς); third declension
- Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009