ἄναλκις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀν- (an-) + ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength, force”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.nal.kis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.nal.kis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/
Adjective
ἄναλκις • (ánalkis) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- weak, feeble, ineffectual
- cowardly, invalorous
Declension
Third declension of ἄναλκῐς; — (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄναλκῐς ánalkis | — | ἀνάλκῐδε análkide | — | ἀνάλκῐδες análkides | — | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀνάλκῐδος análkidos | — | ἀναλκῐ́δοιν analkídoin | — | ἀναλκῐ́δων analkídōn | — | ||||||||
Dative | ἀνάλκῐδῐ análkidi | — | ἀναλκῐ́δοιν analkídoin | — | ἀνάλκῐσῐ / ἀνάλκῐσῐν análkisi(n) | — | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀνάλκῐδᾰ / ἄναλκῐν análkida / ánalkin | — | ἀνάλκῐδε análkide | — | ἀνάλκῐδᾰς análkidas | — | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄναλκῐς ánalkis | — | ἀνάλκῐδε análkide | — | ἀνάλκῐδες análkides | — | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀναλκῐ́δως analkídōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄναλκις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄναλκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄναλκις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄναλκις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἄναλκις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄναλκις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cowardly idem, page 181.
- faint idem, page 302.
- feeble idem, page 313.
- infirm idem, page 438.
- languid idem, page 475.
- limp idem, page 492.
- nerveless idem, page 556.
- powerless idem, page 631.
- timid idem, page 876.
- weak idem, page 969.