Unknown. The connection with Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra, “tiger”) is untenable for formal reasons. Wackernagel hesitatingly supposed that a neuter ὦχρος (ôkhros) replaced an older *ὦχος (*ôkhos), like αἶσχος (aîskhos) to αἰσχρός (aiskhrós) and ψῦχος (psûkhos) to ψυχρός (psukhrós).
ὠχρός • (ōkhrós) m (feminine ὠχρᾱ́, neuter ὠχρόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὠχρός ōkhrós |
ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́ |
ὠχρόν ōkhrón |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́ |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχροί ōkhroí |
ὠχραί ōkhraí |
ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrá | |||||
Genitive | ὠχροῦ ōkhroû |
ὠχρᾶς ōkhrâs |
ὠχροῦ ōkhroû |
ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn |
ὠχραῖν ōkhraîn |
ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn |
ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn |
ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn |
ὠχρῶν ōkhrôn | |||||
Dative | ὠχρῷ ōkhrôi |
ὠχρᾷ ōkhrâi |
ὠχρῷ ōkhrôi |
ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn |
ὠχραῖν ōkhraîn |
ὠχροῖν ōkhroîn |
ὠχροῖς ōkhroîs |
ὠχραῖς ōkhraîs |
ὠχροῖς ōkhroîs | |||||
Accusative | ὠχρόν ōkhrón |
ὠχρᾱ́ν ōkhrā́n |
ὠχρόν ōkhrón |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́ |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχρούς ōkhroús |
ὠχρᾱ́ς ōkhrā́s |
ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrá | |||||
Vocative | ὠχρέ ōkhré |
ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́ |
ὠχρόν ōkhrón |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχρᾱ́ ōkhrā́ |
ὠχρώ ōkhrṓ |
ὠχροί ōkhroí |
ὠχραί ōkhraí |
ὠχρᾰ́ ōkhrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὠχρῶς ōkhrôs |
ὠχρότερος ōkhróteros |
ὠχρότᾰτος ōkhrótatos | ||||||||||||
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