ἄγχουσα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἔγχουσα (énkhousa)
Etymology
The variant excludes a derivation from ἄγχω (ánkhō), thus the word is from Pre-Greek.
Noun
ἄγχουσα • (ánkhousa) f (genitive ἀγχούσης); first declension
- alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
- dyeing matter extracted from the plant
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ; τῆς ἀγχούσης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ hē ánkhousa | τὼ ἀγχούσᾱ tṑ ankhoúsā | αἱ ἄγχουσαι hai ánkhousai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀγχούσης tês ankhoúsēs | τοῖν ἀγχούσαιν toîn ankhoúsain | τῶν ἀγχουσῶν tôn ankhousôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀγχούσῃ têi ankhoúsēi | τοῖν ἀγχούσαιν toîn ankhoúsain | ταῖς ἀγχούσαις taîs ankhoúsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄγχουσᾰν tḕn ánkhousan | τὼ ἀγχούσᾱ tṑ ankhoúsā | τᾱ̀ς ἀγχούσᾱς tā̀s ankhoúsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄγχουσᾰ ánkhousa | ἀγχούσᾱ ankhoúsā | ἄγχουσαι ánkhousai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κατάγχουσα (katánkhousa)
- ψευδάγχουσα (pseudánkhousa)
Descendants
- Translingual: Anchusa
References
- ἄγχουσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄγχουσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγχουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN