ἀγκύλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.ký.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈky.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aɲˈɟi.los/
Adjective
ἀγκύλος • (ankúlos) m (feminine ἀγκύλη, neuter ἀγκύλον); first/second declension
- crooked, curved, rounded
- intricate
- wily, crafty
Inflection
First and second declension of ἀγκῠ́λος; ἀγκῠ́λη; ἀγκῠ́λον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀγκῠ́λος ankúlos | ἀγκῠ́λη ankúlē | ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λοι ankúloi | ἀγκῠ́λαι ankúlai | ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla | |||||
Genitive | ἀγκῠ́λου ankúlou | ἀγκῠ́λης ankúlēs | ἀγκῠ́λου ankúlou | ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin | ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankúlain | ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin | ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn | ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn | ἀγκῠ́λων ankúlōn | |||||
Dative | ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankúlōi | ἀγκῠ́λῃ ankúlēi | ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankúlōi | ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin | ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankúlain | ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankúloin | ἀγκῠ́λοις ankúlois | ἀγκῠ́λαις ankúlais | ἀγκῠ́λοις ankúlois | |||||
Accusative | ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon | ἀγκῠ́λην ankúlēn | ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λους ankúlous | ἀγκῠ́λᾱς ankúlās | ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla | |||||
Vocative | ἀγκῠ́λε ankúle | ἀγκῠ́λη ankúlē | ἀγκῠ́λον ankúlon | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankúlā | ἀγκῠ́λω ankúlō | ἀγκῠ́λοι ankúloi | ἀγκῠ́λαι ankúlai | ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankúla | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀγκῠ́λως ankúlōs | ἀγκῠλώτερος ankulṓteros | ἀγκῠλώτᾰτος ankulṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀγκυλομήτης (ankulomḗtēs)
Descendants
- → English: ankylosis, ankylo-
Further reading
- “ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀγκύλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγκύλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγκύλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγκύλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀγκύλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter