echo, echo:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 7th
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
echo; (nymph); repeating words/phrases; same phrase at start and end of speech;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | echo | echi |
| Gen. | echo, echi | echorum |
| Dat. | echo | echis |
| Acc. | echum, echon, echo | echos |
| Voc. | echo | echi |
| Abl. | echo | echis |
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Isthi moi gegonota hyion. Pollen oun tois theois echo charin, ouch houtos epi tei genesei tou paidos..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...uxoris locupletis superbiam deprecans haec ait: A. Echo d'epikleron Lamian; ouk eireka soi tout'? eit'ar'ouchi..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...retro lego Sotaden cinaedum, nusquam Graecula quod recantat echo nec dictat mihi luculentus Attis mollem debilitate galliambon..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...viridesque resultant Taurubulae, et terris ingens redit aequoris echo. non tam grande sonat motis incudibus Aetne , cum Brontes..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...reticere loquenti nec prior ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo. Corpus adhuc Echo, non vox erat et tamen usum..."