ἀγχοῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”) (whence ἄγχι (ánkhi) and ἄγχω (ánkhō)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰûː/ → /aŋˈxu/ → /aŋˈxu/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰûː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkʰu/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/

Adverb

ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû)

1. near, nearby

   Synonyms: ἄγχι (ánkhi), ἐγγύθι (engúthi)

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.172
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.526
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.271
   • 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Supplement 3.3
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 962

Preposition

ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû) (governs the genitive and dative)

1. near to
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.709
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.5
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.40
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.85
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.16