ἀγχόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, throttle”) +‎ -νη (-nē, “a suffix added to roots or words to form adjectives or nouns”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰó.nɛː/ → /aŋˈxo.ni/ → /aŋˈxo.ni/

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

Noun

ἀγχόνη • (ankhónē) f (genitive ἀγχόνης); first declension

1. hanging rope, noose
2. strangling, hanging
3. torment, suffering
4. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum, syn. Mandragora autumnalis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀγχόνη; τῆς ἀγχόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγχόνη hē ankhónē	τὼ ἀγχόνᾱ tṑ ankhónā	αἱ ἀγχόναι hai ankhónai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγχόνης tês ankhónēs	τοῖν ἀγχόναιν toîn ankhónain	τῶν ἀγχονῶν tôn ankhonôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγχόνῃ têi ankhónēi	τοῖν ἀγχόναιν toîn ankhónain	ταῖς ἀγχόναις taîs ankhónais
Accusative	τὴν ἀγχόνην tḕn ankhónēn	τὼ ἀγχόνᾱ tṑ ankhónā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγχόνᾱς tā̀s ankhónās
Vocative	ἀγχόνη ankhónē	ἀγχόνᾱ ankhónā	ἀγχόναι ankhónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγχονάω (ankhonáō)
• ἀγχονίζω (ankhonízō)
• ἀγχόνιος (ankhónios)
• ἀγχονιστής (ankhonistḗs)

 

Further reading

• “ἀγχόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγχόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγχόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγχόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)