ἄναλκις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀν- (an-) +‎ ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength, force”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.nal.kis/ → /ˈa.nal.cis/ → /ˈa.nal.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nal.kis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nal.kis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nal.cis/

Adjective

ἄναλκις • (ánalkis) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. weak, feeble, ineffectual
2. cowardly, invalorous

Declension

Third declension of ἄναλκῐς; — (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• “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^[1], 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.