ἀγχιστῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγχιστος (ánkhistos) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.tîː.nos/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/

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

Adjective

ἀγχιστῖνος • (ankhistînos) m (feminine ἀγχιστῑ́νη, neuter ἀγχιστῖνον); first/second declension (Epic)

1. close together, crowded, in heaps

Declension

Attested only in the plural.

First and second declension of ἀ̆γχῐστῖνοι; ἀ̆γχῐστῖναι; ἀ̆γχῐστῖνᾰ (Epic)

Number		Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆γχῐστῖνοι ankhistînoi	ἀ̆γχῐστῖναι ankhistînai	ἀ̆γχῐστῖνᾰ ankhistîna
Genitive		ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νων ankhistī́nōn	ἀ̆γχῐστῑνᾱ́ων / ἀ̆γχῐστῑνέ͜ων / ἀ̆γχῐστῑνῶν ankhistīnā́ōn / ankhistīné͜ōn / ankhistīnôn	ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νων ankhistī́nōn
Dative		ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοισῐ / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοισῐν / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοις ankhistī́noisi(n) / ankhistī́nois	ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νῃσῐ / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νῃσῐν / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νῃς / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́ναις ankhistī́nēisi(n) / ankhistī́nēis / ankhistī́nais	ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοισῐ / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοισῐν / ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νοις ankhistī́noisi(n) / ankhistī́nois
Accusative		ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νους ankhistī́nous	ἀ̆γχῐστῑ́νᾱς ankhistī́nās	ἀ̆γχῐστῖνᾰ ankhistîna
Vocative		ἀ̆γχῐστῖνοι ankhistînoi	ἀ̆γχῐστῖναι ankhistînai	ἀ̆γχῐστῖνᾰ ankhistîna
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀγχιστῖνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγχιστῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγχιστῖνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγχιστῖνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγχιστῖνος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀγχιστῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press