ἀγχόθι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄγχοθῐ (ánkhothi) — different accentuation

Etymology

ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) +‎ -θι (-thi, “at”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰó.tʰi/ → /aŋˈxo.θi/ → /aŋˈxo.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰó.tʰi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkʰo.tʰi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/

Adverb

ᾰ̓γχόθῐ • (ankhóthi)

1. (Poetic) near
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.402:

     τῶν ἓν ἀείρας στῆθος βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος ἀγχόθι δειρῆς

     tôn hèn aeíras stêthos beblḗkei hupèr ántugos ankhóthi deirês

     Of these he lifted one high, and smote Hector on the chest over the shield-rim, near the neck.

References

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