Ἀγκαῖος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enk-, whence (among others) ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved, bent”), ἀγκάλη (ankálē, “armful”), with the suffix -αῖος (-aîos).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟe.os/
Proper noun edit
Ἀγκαῖος • (Ankaîos) m (genitive Ἀγκαίου); second declension
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Ἀγκαῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀγκαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001