ἀγχοῦ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”) (whence ἄγχι (ánkhi) and ἄγχω (ánkhō)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰôː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkʰu/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxu/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxu/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aŋˈxu/
Adverb
ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû)
- near, nearby
- Synonyms: ἄγχι (ánkhi), ἐγγύθι (engúthi)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.172
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.526
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.271
- 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Supplement 3.3
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 962
Preposition
ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû) (governs the genitive and dative)
- near to
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.709
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.5
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.40
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.85
- 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.16