Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from a tentative Proto-Indo-European root *h₁neǵʰ- (to stab, pierce, spear) whence also νύσσω (nússō). According to Beekes, of uncertain origin but possibly from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἔγχος (énkhosn (genitive ἔγχους or ἔγχεος); third declension

  1. (Epic) spear, spearmanship
    Synonym: ἐγχείη (enkheíē)
  2. (later) weapons in general: sword, arrow, etc.
  3. (metonymically) armed force

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • ἔγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔγχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἔγχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἔγχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • ἔγχος 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.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN