noun · femininefourth declension
ēchō1
ēchō f (genitive ēchūs)
Classical[ˈeː.kʰoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.ko]
Meaning
- repercussion of sound, echo
‘torva Mimalloneis implerunt cornua bombis,’ / et ‘raptum vitulo caput ablatura superbo / Bassaris,’ et ‘lyncem Maenas flexura corymbis / euhion ingeminat, reparabilis adsonat echo!’
c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.99–102Inimica et echo est resultanti sono, qui pavidas alterno pulset ictu; inimica et nebula.
77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia XI.17.xxi.65
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēchō | ēchō ēchī |
| genitive | ēchūs ēchō, ēchōnis | ēchō ēchōnum |
| dative | ēchō ēchōnī | ēchō ēchōnibus |
| accusative | ēchō ēchōn, ēchum | ēchō ēchōnēs |
| ablative | ēchō ēchōne | ēchō ēchōnibus |
| vocative | ēchō | ēchō ēchōnēs |
ēcho, ūs, f., = ἠχώ,
I. repercussion of sound, echo (pure Lat. imago), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 100; Pers. 1, 102; Aus. Mos. 297; id. Ep. 10, 23; 25, 68; Vulg. Sap. 17, 18.—Personified as a nymph, Ov. M. 3, 358 sq.; Aus. Epigr. 11, 7; 99, 1.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ). The third-declension inflection was reanalyzed to contain the suffix -ō.
Descendants
- Englishecho
- Frenchécho
- GermanEcho
- Italianeco
- Italianecco
- Spanisheco
- Albanianjeh
- Danishekko
- Mariupol Greekэ́хоfrom German Echo
- Swedisheko