ἀγκύλη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ký.lɛː/ → /aɲˈɟy.li/ → /aɲˈɟi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ký.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈky.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.li/

Adjective

ἀγκύλη • (ankúlē)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ἀγκύλος (ankúlos)

Noun

ἀγκύλη • (ankúlē) f (genitive ἀγκύλης); first declension

1. loop, noose
2. thong of a javelin
3. javelin
4. bowstring

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λη; τῆς ᾰ̓γκῠ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λη hē ănkŭ́lē	τὼ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λᾱ tṑ ănkŭ́lā	αἱ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λαι hai ănkŭ́lai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γκῠ́λης tês ănkŭ́lēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γκῠ́λαιν toîn ănkŭ́lain	τῶν ᾰ̓γκῠλῶν tôn ănkŭlôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λῃ tēî ănkŭ́lēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γκῠ́λαιν toîn ănkŭ́lain	ταῖς ᾰ̓γκῠ́λαις taîs ănkŭ́lais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γκῠ́λην tḕn ănkŭ́lēn	τὼ ᾰ̓γκῠ́λᾱ tṑ ănkŭ́lā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γκῠ́λᾱς tā̀s ănkŭ́lās
Vocative	ᾰ̓γκῠ́λη ănkŭ́lē	ᾰ̓γκῠ́λᾱ ănkŭ́lā	ᾰ̓γκῠ́λαι ănkŭ́lai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγκυλιδωτός (ankulidōtós)
• ἀγκύλιον (ankúlion)
• μεσάγκυλον (mesánkulon)

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِنْكِلِيَّة (ʔinkiliyya)
• → Latin: ancyla

Further reading

• ἀγκύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγκύλη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• ἀγκύλη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀγκύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγκύλη in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bow idem, page 91.