ἀγχίλωψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Has been proposed to derive from ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) or ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I squeeze, strangle”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰí.lɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkʰi.lops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɲˈçi.lops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aɲˈçi.lops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aɲˈçi.lops/
Noun
ἀγχίλωψ • (ankhílōps) m (genitive ἀγχίλωπος); third declension
- a swelling which obstructs the lachrymal duct
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἀγχίλωψ; τοῦ ἀγχίλωπος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀγχίλωψ ho ankhílōps | τὼ ἀγχίλωπε tṑ ankhílōpe | οἱ ἀγχίλωπες hoi ankhílōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀγχίλωπος toû ankhílōpos | τοῖν ἀγχιλώποιν toîn ankhilṓpoin | τῶν ἀγχιλώπων tôn ankhilṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀγχίλωπῐ tôi ankhílōpi | τοῖν ἀγχιλώποιν toîn ankhilṓpoin | τοῖς ἀγχίλωψῐ / ἀγχίλωψῐν toîs ankhílōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀγχίλωπᾰ tòn ankhílōpa | τὼ ἀγχίλωπε tṑ ankhílōpe | τοὺς ἀγχίλωπᾰς toùs ankhílōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγχίλωψ ankhílōps | ἀγχίλωπε ankhílōpe | ἀγχίλωπες ankhílōpes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀγχίλωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγχίλωψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγχίλωψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- ἀγχίλωψ 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