ἀγκών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”), same source as ἄγκος (ánkos, “glen, dell”), ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”) and ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved, bent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kɔ̌ːn/ → /aŋˈɡon/ → /aŋˈɡon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡon/

Noun

ἀγκών • (ankṓn) m (genitive ἀγκῶνος); third declension

1. (anatomy) bend of the arm, hence elbow

   Synonym: ὠλένη (ōlénē)

2. nook, corner, angle of the wall
3. bend or meander of a river
4. headlands which form a bay
5. ribs which support the horns of the cithara
6. kind of vase

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀγκών; τοῦ ἀγκῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀγκών ho ankṓn	τὼ ἀγκῶνε tṑ ankône	οἱ ἀγκῶνες hoi ankônes
Genitive	τοῦ ἀγκῶνος toû ankônos	τοῖν ἀγκώνοιν toîn ankṓnoin	τῶν ἀγκώνων tôn ankṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ἀγκῶνῐ tôi ankônĭ	τοῖν ἀγκώνοιν toîn ankṓnoin	τοῖς ἀγκῶσῐ / ἀγκῶσῐν toîs ankôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀγκῶνᾰ tòn ankônă	τὼ ἀγκῶνε tṑ ankône	τοὺς ἀγκῶνᾰς toùs ankônăs
Vocative	ἀγκών ankṓn	ἀγκῶνε ankône	ἀγκῶνες ankônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγκωνίζω (ankōnízō)
• ἀγκώνιον (ankṓnion)
• ἀγκωνίσκιον (ankōnískion)
• ἀγκωνίσκος (ankōnískos)
• ἀγκωνισμός (ankōnismós)
• ἀγκωνόδεσμος (ankōnódesmos)
• ἀγκωνοειδής (ankōnoeidḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: αγκώνας (agkónas)
• → Latin: ancōn

Further reading

• “ἀγκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγκών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγκών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN