ἄγγων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Frankish, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook, barb; spear, dart”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”). From the same root is ἀγκών (ankṓn, “elbow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /áŋ.ɡɔːn/ → /ˈaŋ.ɡon/ → /ˈaŋ.ɡon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áŋ.ɡɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡon/

Noun

ἄγγων • (ángōn) m (genitive ἄγγωνος); third declension

1. Frankish javelin

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἄγγων; τοῦ ἄγγωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄγγων ho ángōn	τὼ ἄγγωνε tṑ ángōne	οἱ ἄγγωνες hoi ángōnes
Genitive	τοῦ ἄγγωνος toû ángōnos	τοῖν ἀγγώνοιν toîn angṓnoin	τῶν ἀγγώνων tôn angṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ἄγγωνῐ tôi ángōni	τοῖν ἀγγώνοιν toîn angṓnoin	τοῖς ἄγγωσῐ / ἄγγωσῐν toîs ángōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄγγωνᾰ tòn ángōna	τὼ ἄγγωνε tṑ ángōne	τοὺς ἄγγωνᾰς toùs ángōnas
Vocative	ἄγγων ángōn	ἄγγωνε ángōne	ἄγγωνες ángōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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