ἀναγκαῖον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.naŋ.kâi̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.naŋˈkɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.naɲˈɟe.on/
Adjective
ἀναγκαῖον • (anankaîon)
- inflection of ἀναγκαῖος (anankaîos):
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- masculine accusative singular
Noun
ἀναγκαῖον • (anankaîon) n (genitive ἀναγκαίου); second declension
- prison
- Synonyms: εἱρκτή (heirktḗ), δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion), εἱργμός (heirgmós)
- (Byzantine) latrine, outhouse, toilet
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀναγκαῖον; τοῦ ἀναγκαίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀναγκαῖον tò anankaîon | τὼ ἀναγκαίω tṑ anankaíō | τᾰ̀ ἀναγκαῖᾰ tà anankaîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀναγκαίου toû anankaíou | τοῖν ἀναγκαίοιν toîn anankaíoin | τῶν ἀναγκαίων tôn anankaíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀναγκαίῳ tôi anankaíōi | τοῖν ἀναγκαίοιν toîn anankaíoin | τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις toîs anankaíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀναγκαῖον tò anankaîon | τὼ ἀναγκαίω tṑ anankaíō | τᾰ̀ ἀναγκαῖᾰ tà anankaîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀναγκαῖον anankaîon | ἀναγκαίω anankaíō | ἀναγκαῖᾰ anankaîa | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: anancaeum
- → Latin: anangeon
- → English: anangeon
Further reading
- ἀναγκαῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀναγκαῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- ἀναγκαῖον 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
- “ἀναγκαῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press