ζάγκλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζᾰ́γκλη (zánklē)

Etymology

A Sicilian word without etymology. According to Niedermann, it is a Ligurian word, from which Latin falx (“scythe”) would be a loan as well.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdáŋ.klon/ → /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/ → /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdáŋ.klon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.klon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/

Noun

ζᾰ́γκλον • (zánklon) n (genitive ζᾰ́γκλου); second declension

1. (in Sicily) reaping hook, sickle

   Synonym: δρεπᾰ́νη (drepánē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον; τοῦ ζᾰ́γκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zánklon	τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zánklō	τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tà zánkla
Genitive	τοῦ ζᾰ́γκλου toû zánklou	τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zánkloin	τῶν ζᾰ́γκλων tôn zánklōn
Dative	τῷ ζᾰ́γκλῳ tôi zánklōi	τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zánkloin	τοῖς ζᾰ́γκλοις toîs zánklois
Accusative	τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zánklon	τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zánklō	τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tà zánkla
Vocative	ζᾰ́γκλον zánklon	ζᾰ́γκλω zánklō	ζᾰ́γκλᾰ zánkla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζάγκλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζάγκλον 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