ἔγχος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛŋ.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.xos/
Noun
ἔγχος • (énkhos) n (genitive ἔγχεος); third declension
- (Epic) spear, spearmanship
- (later) weapons in general: sword, arrow, etc.
- (metonymically) armed force
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἔγχος tò énkhos |
τὼ ἔγχεε tṑ énkhee |
τᾰ̀ ἔγχεᾰ tà énkhea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἔγχεος toû énkheos |
τοῖν ἐγχέοιν toîn enkhéoin |
τῶν ἐγχέων tôn enkhéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἔγχεῐ̈ tôi énkheï |
τοῖν ἐγχέοιν toîn enkhéoin |
τοῖς ἔγχεσῐ(ν) toîs énkhesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔγχος tò énkhos |
τὼ ἔγχεε tṑ énkhee |
τᾰ̀ ἔγχεᾰ tà énkhea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔγχος énkhos |
ἔγχεε énkhee |
ἔγχεᾰ énkhea | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἔγχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔγχος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔγχος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔγχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔγχος 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.
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