ἀναγκαῖον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.naŋ.kâi̯.on/ → /a.naɲˈɟɛ.on/ → /a.naɲˈɟe.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.naŋ.kâi̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.naŋˈkɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.naɲˈɟɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.on/

Adjective

ἀναγκαῖον • (anankaîon)

1. inflection of ἀναγκαῖος (anankaîos):
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. masculine accusative singular

Noun

ἀναγκαῖον • (anankaîon) n (genitive ἀναγκαίου); second declension

1. prison

   Synonyms: εἱρκτή (heirktḗ), δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion), εἱργμός (heirgmós)

2. (Byzantine) latrine, outhouse, toilet

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀναγκαῖον; τοῦ ἀναγκαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀναγκαῖον tò anankaîon	τὼ ἀναγκαίω tṑ anankaíō	τᾰ̀ ἀναγκαῖᾰ tà anankaîa
Genitive	τοῦ ἀναγκαίου toû anankaíou	τοῖν ἀναγκαίοιν toîn anankaíoin	τῶν ἀναγκαίων tôn anankaíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀναγκαίῳ tôi anankaíōi	τοῖν ἀναγκαίοιν toîn anankaíoin	τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις toîs anankaíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀναγκαῖον tò anankaîon	τὼ ἀναγκαίω tṑ anankaíō	τᾰ̀ ἀναγκαῖᾰ tà anankaîa
Vocative	ἀναγκαῖον anankaîon	ἀναγκαίω anankaíō	ἀναγκαῖᾰ anankaîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: anancaeum
• → Latin: anangeon
  • → English: anangeon

Further reading

• ἀναγκαῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναγκαῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀναγκαῖον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἀναγκαῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press