ἡνίοχος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνίοχος (aníokhos) — Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

From ἡνία (hēnía, “bridle, rein”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ní.o.kʰos/ → /iˈni.o.xos/ → /iˈni.o.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ní.o.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈni.o.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈni.o.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈni.o.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈni.o.xos/

Noun

ἡνῐ́οχος • (hēníokhos) m (genitive ἡνῐόχου); second declension

1. one who holds the reins, charioteer
2. chariot-driver in games
3. (figuratively) guide, leader

   Synonym: κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs)

4. (in the plural) class of rich citizens of Athens who had to furnish chariots for public service
5. (astronomy) Auriga, a winter constellation

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἡνῐ́οχος; τοῦ ἡνῐόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἡνῐ́οχος ho hēníokhos	τὼ ἡνῐόχω tṑ hēniókhō	οἱ ἡνῐ́οχοι hoi hēníokhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἡνῐόχου toû hēniókhou	τοῖν ἡνῐόχοιν toîn hēniókhoin	τῶν ἡνῐόχων tôn hēniókhōn
Dative	τῷ ἡνῐόχῳ tôi hēniókhōi	τοῖν ἡνῐόχοιν toîn hēniókhoin	τοῖς ἡνῐόχοις toîs hēniókhois
Accusative	τὸν ἡνῐ́οχον tòn hēníokhon	τὼ ἡνῐόχω tṑ hēniókhō	τοὺς ἡνῐόχους toùs hēniókhous
Vocative	ἡνῐ́οχε hēníokhe	ἡνῐόχω hēniókhō	ἡνῐ́οχοι hēníokhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ἡνῐ́οχος; ἡνῐόχου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡνῐ́οχος hēníokhos	ἡνῐόχω hēniókhō	ἡνῐ́οχοι hēníokhoi
Genitive	ἡνῐόχου / ἡνῐοχοῖο / ἡνῐόχοιο / ἡνῐοχόο / ἡνῐόχοο hēniókhou / hēniokhoîo / hēniókhoio / hēniokhóo / hēniókhoo	ἡνῐόχοιῐν hēniókhoiin	ἡνῐόχων hēniókhōn
Dative	ἡνῐόχῳ hēniókhōi	ἡνῐόχοιῐν hēniókhoiin	ἡνῐόχοισῐ / ἡνῐόχοισῐν / ἡνῐόχοις hēniókhoisi(n) / hēniókhois
Accusative	ἡνῐ́οχον hēníokhon	ἡνῐόχω hēniókhō	ἡνῐόχους hēniókhous
Vocative	ἡνῐ́οχε hēníokhe	ἡνῐόχω hēniókhō	ἡνῐ́οχοι hēníokhoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἡνιοχεία (hēniokheía)
• ἡνιοχεύς (hēniokheús)
• ἡνιοχευτικός (hēniokheutikós)
• ἡνιοχεύω (hēniokheúō)
• ἡνιοχέω (hēniokhéō)
• ἡνιόχη (hēniókhē)
• ἡνιόχησις (hēniókhēsis)
• ἡνιοχητικός (hēniokhētikós)
• ἡνιοχικός (hēniokhikós)
• Ἡνίοχοι (Hēníokhoi)

 

References

• “ἡνίοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡνίοχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἡνίοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἡνίοχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἡνίοχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963