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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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According to Beekes, a {{back-formation|grc|nocap=1|ἔξοχα}}, an adverbially used accusative plural (of {{m|grc|ἔξοχος|t=prominent, eminent}}) meaning the same. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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Used only in the phrase {{m|grc|[[ὄχ’]] [[ἄριστος]]|t=by far the best}}. |
Used only in the phrase {{m|grc|[[ὄχ’]] [[ἄριστος]]|t=by far the best}}. |
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===References=== |
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* {{R:grc:Beekes|1136}} |
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* {{R:grc:LSJ|o)/xa^}} |
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 3 September 2024
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, a back-formation from ἔξοχα (éxokha), an adverbially used accusative plural (of ἔξοχος (éxokhos, “prominent, eminent”)) meaning the same.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.kʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.kʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.xa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.xa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.xa/
Adverb
[edit]ὄχα • (ókha)
Usage notes
[edit]Used only in the phrase ὄχ’ ἄριστος (ókh’ áristos, “by far the best”).
References
[edit]- 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, page 1136
- “ὄχα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press