ἐχινόπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰiː.nó.puːs/ → /e.çiˈno.pus/ → /e.çiˈno.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰiː.nó.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kʰiˈno.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈno.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈno.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.çiˈno.pus/

Noun

ἐχῑνόπους • (ekhīnópous) m (genitive ἐχῑνόποδος); third declension

1. kind of broom (Genista acanthoclada)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἐχῑνόπους; τοῦ ἐχῑνόποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐχῑνόπους ho ekhīnópous	τὼ ἐχῑνόποδε tṑ ekhīnópode	οἱ ἐχῑνόποδες hoi ekhīnópodes
Genitive	τοῦ ἐχῑνόποδος toû ekhīnópodos	τοῖν ἐχῑνοπόδοιν toîn ekhīnopódoin	τῶν ἐχῑνοπόδων tôn ekhīnopódōn
Dative	τῷ ἐχῑνόποδῐ tôi ekhīnópodi	τοῖν ἐχῑνοπόδοιν toîn ekhīnopódoin	τοῖς ἐχῑνόποσῐ / ἐχῑνόποσῐν toîs ekhīnóposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐχῑνόποδᾰ tòn ekhīnópoda	τὼ ἐχῑνόποδε tṑ ekhīnópode	τοὺς ἐχῑνόποδᾰς toùs ekhīnópodas
Vocative	ἐχῑνόπους ekhīnópous	ἐχῑνόποδε ekhīnópode	ἐχῑνόποδες ekhīnópodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ἐχινόπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐχινόπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette