ἀγκών
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”), same source as ἄγκος (ánkos, “glen, dell”), ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”) and ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved, bent”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡon/
Noun
editἀγκών • (ankṓn) m (genitive ἀγκῶνος); third declension
- (anatomy) bend of the arm, hence elbow
- Synonym: ὠλένη (ōlénē)
- nook, corner, angle of the wall
- bend or meander of a river
- headlands which form a bay
- ribs which support the horns of the cithara
- kind of vase
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀγκών ho ankṓn |
τὼ ἀγκῶνε tṑ ankône |
οἱ ἀγκῶνες hoi ankônes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀγκῶνος toû ankônos |
τοῖν ἀγκώνοιν toîn ankṓnoin |
τῶν ἀγκώνων tôn ankṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀγκῶνῐ tôi ankôni |
τοῖν ἀγκώνοιν toîn ankṓnoin |
τοῖς ἀγκῶσῐ / ἀγκῶσῐν toîs ankôsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀγκῶνᾰ tòn ankôna |
τὼ ἀγκῶνε tṑ ankône |
τοὺς ἀγκῶνᾰς toùs ankônas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγκών ankṓn |
ἀγκῶνε ankône |
ἀγκῶνες ankônes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀγκωνίζω (ankōnízō)
- ἀγκώνιον (ankṓnion)
- ἀγκωνίσκιον (ankōnískion)
- ἀγκωνίσκος (ankōnískos)
- ἀγκωνισμός (ankōnismós)
- ἀγκωνόδεσμος (ankōnódesmos)
- ἀγκωνοειδής (ankōnoeidḗs)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ἀγκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγκών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγκών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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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