ἀγάλοχον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀγαλίχον (agalíkhon), ἀγάλλοχον (agállokhon)

Etymology

A loanword from an eastern language,[1] likely ultimately borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil), from the same source as Arabic يَلَنْجُوج (yalanjūj), يَلَنْجَج (yalanjaj), يَلَنْجِيج (yalanjīj), أَلَنْجُوج (ʔalanjūj), أَلَنْجَج (ʔalanjaj), Biblical Hebrew אֲהָלִים (ʾăhālîm); compare அகில் (akil, “agarwood”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀγᾰ́λοχον • (agắlokhon) n (genitive ἀγᾰλόχου); second declension

  1. agalloch (Aquilaria malaccensis)
    Synonym: ξυλᾱλόη (xulālóē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀγᾰ́λοχον; τοῦ ἀγᾰλόχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἀγᾰ́λοχον
tò agắlokhon 		τὼ ἀγᾰλόχω
tṑ agălókhō 		τᾰ̀ ἀγᾰ́λοχᾰ
tằ agắlokhă
Genitive τοῦ ἀγᾰλόχου
toû agălókhou 		τοῖν ἀγᾰλόχοιν
toîn agălókhoin 		τῶν ἀγᾰλόχων
tôn agălókhōn
Dative τῷ ἀγᾰλόχῳ
tōî agălókhōi 		τοῖν ἀγᾰλόχοιν
toîn agălókhoin 		τοῖς ἀγᾰλόχοις
toîs agălókhois
Accusative τὸ ἀγᾰ́λοχον
tò agắlokhon 		τὼ ἀγᾰλόχω
tṑ agălókhō 		τᾰ̀ ἀγᾰ́λοχᾰ
tằ agắlokhă
Vocative ἀγᾰ́λοχον
agắlokhon 		ἀγᾰλόχω
agălókhō 		ἀγᾰ́λοχᾰ
agắlokhă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Catalan: agàl·loc
  • → English: agalloch

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγάλοχον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8
  2. ^ James, Gregory, Tamil lexicography, p.5
  3. ^ Iyengar, Srinivasa, History of the Tamils: From the Earliest Times to 600 A.D, p.130

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