ἀγκύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ký.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈky.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟy.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.los/

Adjective

ἀγκύλος • (ankúlos) m (feminine ἀγκύλη, neuter ἀγκύλον); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀγκῠ́λος; ἀγκῠ́λη; ἀγκῠ́λον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγκῠ́λος ankŭ́los	ἀγκῠ́λη ankŭ́lē	ἀγκῠ́λον ankŭ́lon	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankŭ́lā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λοι ankŭ́loi	ἀγκῠ́λαι ankŭ́lai	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankŭ́lă
Genitive	ἀγκῠ́λου ankŭ́lou	ἀγκῠ́λης ankŭ́lēs	ἀγκῠ́λου ankŭ́lou	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankŭ́loin	ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankŭ́lain	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankŭ́loin	ἀγκῠ́λων ankŭ́lōn	ἀγκῠ́λων ankŭ́lōn	ἀγκῠ́λων ankŭ́lōn
Dative	ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankŭ́lōi	ἀγκῠ́λῃ ankŭ́lēi	ἀγκῠ́λῳ ankŭ́lōi	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankŭ́loin	ἀγκῠ́λαιν ankŭ́lain	ἀγκῠ́λοιν ankŭ́loin	ἀγκῠ́λοις ankŭ́lois	ἀγκῠ́λαις ankŭ́lais	ἀγκῠ́λοις ankŭ́lois
Accusative	ἀγκῠ́λον ankŭ́lon	ἀγκῠ́λην ankŭ́lēn	ἀγκῠ́λον ankŭ́lon	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankŭ́lā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λους ankŭ́lous	ἀγκῠ́λᾱς ankŭ́lās	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankŭ́lă
Vocative	ἀγκῠ́λε ankŭ́le	ἀγκῠ́λη ankŭ́lē	ἀγκῠ́λον ankŭ́lon	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λᾱ ankŭ́lā	ἀγκῠ́λω ankŭ́lō	ἀγκῠ́λοι ankŭ́loi	ἀγκῠ́λαι ankŭ́lai	ἀγκῠ́λᾰ ankŭ́lă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγκῠ́λως ankŭ́lōs			ἀγκῠλώτερος ankŭlṓteros			ἀγκῠλώτᾰτος ankŭlṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀγκυλομήτης (ankulomḗtēs)
ἀγκυλόω (ankulóō)

Descendants

→ English: ankylosis, ankylo-

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγκύλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 12-3

“ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀγκύλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἀγκύλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀγκύλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἀγκύλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἀγκύλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
ἀγκύλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγκύλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 12-3

[1]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Further reading