κατανάγκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατα- (kata-) +‎ ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “constraint”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.náŋ.kɛː/ → /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/ → /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.náŋ.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈnaŋ.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈnaɲ.ɟi/

Noun

κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη • (katanánkē) f (genitive κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκης); first declension

1. means of constraint, spell
2. yellow serradella (Ornithopus compressus)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη; τῆς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη hē katanánkē	τὼ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ tṑ katanánkā	αἱ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαι hai katanánkai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκης tês katanánkēs	τοῖν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαιν toîn katanánkain	τῶν κᾰτᾰνᾰγκῶν tôn katanankôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκῃ têi katanánkēi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαιν toîn katanánkain	ταῖς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαις taîs katanánkais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκην tḕn katanánkēn	τὼ κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ tṑ katanánkā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱς tā̀s katanánkās
Vocative	κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκη katanánkē	κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκᾱ katanánkā	κᾰτᾰνᾰ́γκαι katanánkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Catananche
  • → English: catananche

Further reading

• “κατανάγκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κατανάγκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette