ἰαχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰάχω (iákhō, “to cry out, scream”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.a.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /i.aˈçi/ → /i.aˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.a.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.aˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.aˈçi/

Noun

ἰᾰχή • (iakhḗ) f (genitive ἰᾰχῆς); first declension

1. cry, shout, both of victor and vanquished
2. wail, shriek, scream
3. joyous sound, shout of joy

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἰᾰχή; τῆς ἰᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰᾰχή hē iakhḗ	τὼ ἰᾰχᾱ́ tṑ iakhā́	αἱ ἰᾰχαί hai iakhaí
Genitive	τῆς ἰᾰχῆς tês iakhês	τοῖν ἰᾰχαῖν toîn iakhaîn	τῶν ἰᾰχῶν tôn iakhôn
Dative	τῇ ἰᾰχῇ têi iakhêi	τοῖν ἰᾰχαῖν toîn iakhaîn	ταῖς ἰᾰχαῖς taîs iakhaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἰᾰχήν tḕn iakhḗn	τὼ ἰᾰχᾱ́ tṑ iakhā́	τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s iakhā́s
Vocative	ἰᾰχή iakhḗ	ἰᾰχᾱ́ iakhā́	ἰᾰχαί iakhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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