ὄχανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀχάνη (okhánē)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-, the same root of ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold, bear”) and ὄχος (ókhos, “carriage, cart”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.kʰa.non/ → /ˈo.xa.non/ → /ˈo.xa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.kʰa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kʰa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.xa.non/

Noun

ὄχᾰνον • (ókhanon) n (genitive ὀχᾰ́νου); second declension

1. bar or band fastened crosswise on the under side of the shield, through which the bearer passed his arm

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄχᾰνον; τοῦ ὀχᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄχᾰνον tò ókhanon	τὼ ὀχᾰ́νω tṑ okhánō	τᾰ̀ ὄχᾰνᾰ tà ókhana
Genitive	τοῦ ὀχᾰ́νου toû okhánou	τοῖν ὀχᾰ́νοιν toîn okhánoin	τῶν ὀχᾰ́νων tôn okhánōn
Dative	τῷ ὀχᾰ́νῳ tôi okhánōi	τοῖν ὀχᾰ́νοιν toîn okhánoin	τοῖς ὀχᾰ́νοις toîs okhánois
Accusative	τὸ ὄχᾰνον tò ókhanon	τὼ ὀχᾰ́νω tṑ okhánō	τᾰ̀ ὄχᾰνᾰ tà ókhana
Vocative	ὄχᾰνον ókhanon	ὀχᾰ́νω okhánō	ὄχᾰνᾰ ókhana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὄχανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄχανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN