ἀγκύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ký.los/ → /aɲˈɟy.los/ → /aɲˈɟi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ký.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈky.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.los/

Adjective

ἀγκύλος • (ankúlos) m (feminine ἀγκύλη, neuter ἀγκύλον); first/second declension

1. crooked, curved, rounded
2. intricate
3. wily, crafty

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀγκῠ́λος; ἀγκῠ́λη; ἀγκῠ́λον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγκῠ́λος ankúlos	ἀγκῠ́λη ankúlē	ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon		ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō		ἀγκῠ́λοι ankúloi	ἀγκῠ́λαι ankúlai	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla
Genitive		ἀγκῠ́λου ankúlou	ἀγκῠ́λης ankúlēs	ἀγκῠ́λου ankúlou		ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin	ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankúlain	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin		ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn	ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn	ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn
Dative		ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankúlōi	ἀγκῠ́λῃ ankúlēi	ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankúlōi		ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin	ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankúlain	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin		ἀγκῠ́λοις ankúlois	ἀγκῠ́λαις ankúlais	ἀγκῠ́λοις ankúlois
Accusative		ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon	ἀγκῠ́λην ankúlēn	ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon		ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō		ἀγκῠ́λους ankúlous	ἀγκῠ́λᾱς ankúlās	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla
Vocative		ἀγκῠ́λε ankúle	ἀγκῠ́λη ankúlē	ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon		ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō		ἀγκῠ́λοι ankúloi	ἀγκῠ́λαι ankúlai	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀγκῠ́λως ankúlōs				ἀγκῠλώτερος ankulṓteros				ἀγκῠλώτᾰτος ankulṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγκυλομήτης (ankulomḗtēs)

Descendants

• → English: ankylosis, ankylo-

Further reading

• “ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγκύλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγκύλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγκύλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγκύλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγκύλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter