τάγχουρος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
In view of the variations, the word is of Pre-Greek origin, with the characteristic Pre-Greek sequence *-arʷ- realised as -ουρ- or -αρ- in the different variants.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /táŋ.kʰuː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.kʰu.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.xu.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.xu.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.xu.ros/
Noun edit
τάγχουρος • (tánkhouros) m (genitive ταγχούρου); second declension
- gold
- Synonym: χρυσός (khrusós)
- c. 550 CE, Cosmas Indicopleustes, “III. Nubia et Aethiopia”, in Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae (W. Dittenberger, 1903)[1], section 199.35, page 296:
- αὕτη ἡ Σάσου χώρα ὑστάτη ἐστὶν τῶν Αἰθιόπων, ἔνθα καὶ πολὺ χρυσίον ἐστίν, τὸ λεγόμενον τάγχαρας
- haútē hē Sásou khṓra hustátē estìn tôn Aithiópōn, éntha kaì polù khrusíon estín, tò legómenon tánkharas
- this land of Sasou is further away than Ethiopia, and there is much gold there, the so called "tancharas"
Usage notes edit
The irregular genitive τάγχρου (tánkhrou) has been suggested by Liddel and Scott to be considered for the occurrence in Anthologia Palatina, Book XV, Chapter 25 (Besantinus), line 7.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τάγχουρος ho tánkhouros |
τὼ ταγχούρω tṑ tankhoúrō |
οἱ τάγχουροι hoi tánkhouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ταγχούρου toû tankhoúrou |
τοῖν ταγχούροιν toîn tankhoúroin |
τῶν ταγχούρων tôn tankhoúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ταγχούρῳ tôi tankhoúrōi |
τοῖν ταγχούροιν toîn tankhoúroin |
τοῖς ταγχούροις toîs tankhoúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τάγχουρον tòn tánkhouron |
τὼ ταγχούρω tṑ tankhoúrō |
τοὺς ταγχούρους toùs tankhoúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | τάγχουρε tánkhoure |
ταγχούρω tankhoúrō |
τάγχουροι tánkhouroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “τάγχουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τάγχουρος 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
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