Ἀγκαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enk-, whence (among others) ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved, bent”), ἀγκάλη (ankálē, “armful”), with the suffix -αῖος (-aîos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟe.os/

Proper noun

Ἀγκαῖος • (Ankaîos) m (genitive Ἀγκαίου); second declension

Ancaeus
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.609
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.635

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀγκαῖος; τοῦ Ἀγκαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀγκαῖος ho Ankaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀγκαίου toû Ankaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀγκαίῳ tôi Ankaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀγκαῖον tòn Ankaîon
Vocative	Ἀγκαῖε Ankaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Αγκαίος (Agkaíos)
Latin: Ancaeus

References

“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 (2006–2023)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001