ἀγκυλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγκῠ́λος (ankúlos, “crooked, bent”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkulos (“joint?”), from *h₂énkos (“curve”) +‎ *-ulos (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ky.lís/ → /aɲ.ɟyˈlis/ → /aɲ.ɟiˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ky.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kyˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟyˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟyˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟiˈlis/

Noun

ἀγκῠλῐ́ς • (ankulís) f (genitive ἀγκῠλῐ́δος); third declension

1. hook, barb
   • Oppian, Cynegetica 1.155

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀγκῠλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀγκῠλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγκῠλῐ́ς hē ankulís	τὼ ἀγκῠλῐ́δε tṑ ankulíde	αἱ ἀγκῠλῐ́δες hai ankulídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀγκῠλῐ́δος tês ankulídos	τοῖν ἀγκῠλῐ́δοιν toîn ankulídoin	τῶν ἀγκῠλῐ́δων tôn ankulídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀγκῠλῐ́δῐ têi ankulídi	τοῖν ἀγκῠλῐ́δοιν toîn ankulídoin	ταῖς ἀγκῠλῐ́σῐ / ἀγκῠλῐ́σῐν taîs ankulísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀγκῠλῐ́δᾰ tḕn ankulída	τὼ ἀγκῠλῐ́δε tṑ ankulíde	τᾱ̀ς ἀγκῠλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ankulídas
Vocative	ἀγκῠλῐ́ς ankulís	ἀγκῠλῐ́δε ankulíde	ἀγκῠλῐ́δες ankulídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: aclys

Further reading

• “ἀγκυλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγκυλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγκυλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)