ἀγχόθι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄγχοθῐ (ánkhothi) – different accentuation
Etymology
ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + -θι (-thi, “at”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰó.tʰi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkʰo.tʰi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
Adverb
ᾰ̓γχόθῐ • (ankhóthi)
- (Poetic) near
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.402:
- τῶν ἓν ἀείρας στῆθος βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος ἀγχόθι δειρῆς
- tôn hèn aeíras stêthos beblḗkei hupèr ántugos ankhóthi deirês
- Of these he lifted one high, and smote Hector on the chest over the shield-rim, near the neck.
- τῶν ἓν ἀείρας στῆθος βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος ἀγχόθι δειρῆς
References
- ἄγχοθι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγχόθι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγχόθι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγχόθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγχόθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγχόθι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)