ἀγχόνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, throttle”) + -νη (-nē, “a suffix added to roots or words to form adjectives or nouns”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.kʰó.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkʰo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aŋˈxo.ni/
Noun
ἀγχόνη • (ankhónē) f (genitive ἀγχόνης); first declension
- hanging rope, noose
- strangling, hanging
- torment, suffering
- mandrake (Mandragora officinarum, syn. Mandragora autumnalis)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀγχόνη; τῆς ἀγχόνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀγχόνη hē ankhónē | τὼ ἀγχόνᾱ tṑ ankhónā | αἱ ἀγχόναι hai ankhónai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀγχόνης tês ankhónēs | τοῖν ἀγχόναιν toîn ankhónain | τῶν ἀγχονῶν tôn ankhonôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀγχόνῃ têi ankhónēi | τοῖν ἀγχόναιν toîn ankhónain | ταῖς ἀγχόναις taîs ankhónais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀγχόνην tḕn ankhónēn | τὼ ἀγχόνᾱ tṑ ankhónā | τᾱ̀ς ἀγχόνᾱς tā̀s ankhónās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγχόνη ankhónē | ἀγχόνᾱ ankhónā | ἀγχόναι ankhónai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀγχονάω (ankhonáō)
- ἀγχονίζω (ankhonízō)
- ἀγχόνιος (ankhónios)
- ἀγχονιστής (ankhonistḗs)
Further reading
- “ἀγχόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγχόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγχόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγχόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)