ἀγχιστεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄγχιστος (ánkhistos, “nearest”) + -εία (-eía).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰis.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰisˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
Noun
ἀγχιστεία • (ankhisteía) f (genitive ἀγχιστείας); first declension
- close kinship
- right of inheritance
- exclusion by descent
Descendants
- Greek: αγχιστεία (anchisteía)
Further reading
- “ἀγχιστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press