γλωχίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γλωχῑ́ν (glōkhī́n)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”) but there are no certain cognates; possibly Old Norse kleggi (“gadfly”) (see English cleg).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɔː.kʰǐːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈkʰis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/

Noun

γλωχῑ́ς • (glōkhī́s) f (genitive γλωχῖνος); third declension

projecting point
end of the yoke strap
barb of an arrow
point of a penknife
(botany) stigma of saffron

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλωχῑ́ς; τῆς γλωχῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλωχῑ́ς hē glōkhī́s	τὼ γλωχῖνε tṑ glōkhîne	αἱ γλωχῖνες hai glōkhînes
Genitive	τῆς γλωχῖνος tês glōkhînos	τοῖν γλωχῑ́νοιν toîn glōkhī́noin	τῶν γλωχῑ́νων tôn glōkhī́nōn
Dative	τῇ γλωχῖνῐ tēî glōkhînĭ	τοῖν γλωχῑ́νοιν toîn glōkhī́noin	ταῖς γλωχῖσῐ / γλωχῖσῐν taîs glōkhîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλωχῖνᾰ tḕn glōkhînă	τὼ γλωχῖνε tṑ glōkhîne	τᾱ̀ς γλωχῖνᾰς tā̀s glōkhînăs
Vocative	γλωχῑ́ς glōkhī́s	γλωχῖνε glōkhîne	γλωχῖνες glōkhînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γλωχῑνωτός (glōkhīnōtós)

References

“γλωχίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γλωχίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
γλωχίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γλωχίς 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
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1144”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1144