ἀγχιστεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγχιστος (ánkhistos, “nearest”) +‎ -εία (-eía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.těː.aː/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.a/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.těː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰisˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/

Noun

ἀγχιστεία • (ankhisteía) f (genitive ἀγχιστείας); first declension

1. close kinship
2. right of inheritance
3. exclusion by descent

Descendants

• Greek: αγχιστεία (anchisteía)

Further reading

• “ἀγχιστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press