ἐχῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀑𐀜 (e-ki-no), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Proto-Germanic *igilaz, Albanian esh.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐχῖνος • (ekhînos) m (genitive ἐχῑ́νου); second declension

  1. hedgehog
  2. sea urchin
  3. shell of a sea urchin
  4. jug, cup, vase
  5. The shell of certain nuts, such as the chestnut
  6. The third stomach of ruminants (the omasum)
  7. The moulding atop the Doric capital

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἐχῖνος; τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐχῖνος
ho ekhînos		 τὼ ἐχῑ́νω
tṑ ekhī́nō		 οἱ ἐχῖνοι
hoi ekhînoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐχῑ́νου
toû ekhī́nou		 τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν
toîn ekhī́noin		 τῶν ἐχῑ́νων
tôn ekhī́nōn
Dative τῷ ἐχῑ́νῳ
tôi ekhī́nōi		 τοῖν ἐχῑ́νοιν
toîn ekhī́noin		 τοῖς ἐχῑ́νοις
toîs ekhī́nois
Accusative τὸν ἐχῖνον
tòn ekhînon		 τὼ ἐχῑ́νω
tṑ ekhī́nō		 τοὺς ἐχῑ́νους
toùs ekhī́nous
Vocative ἐχῖνε
ekhîne		 ἐχῑ́νω
ekhī́nō		 ἐχῖνοι
ekhînoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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