ὤχρα

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See also: ωχρά, ώχρα, ὠχρά, and ὠχρᾷ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale yellow”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.kʰraː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kʰra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xra/

Noun

ὤχρᾱ • (ṓkhrā) f (genitive ὤχρᾱς); first declension

yellow ochre

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὤχρᾱ; τῆς ὤχρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ὤχρᾱ hē ṓkhrā
Genitive	τῆς ὤχρᾱς tês ṓkhrās
Dative	τῇ ὤχρᾳ têi ṓkhrāi
Accusative	τὴν ὤχρᾱν tḕn ṓkhrān
Vocative	ὤχρᾱ ṓkhrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: ōchra
- → Dutch: oker
- → English: ochre
  - → Irish: ócar
  - → Welsh: ocr
- → Finnish: okra
- Italian: ocra
- → Norwegian Bokmål: oker
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: oker
- Portuguese: ocra
- → Polish: ochra
- → Serbo-Croatian: òker
- → Swedish: ockra
- ⇒ Latin: ōchrāceus
→ Russian: о́хра (óxra)
- → Yakut: охра (oqra)
→ Ukrainian: во́хра (vóxra), о́хра (óxra)

Further reading

ὤχρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“ὤχρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
“ὤχρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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