ἀγχιστεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγχιστος (ánkhistos, “nearest”) +‎ -εία (-eía).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.těː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰisˈti.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.a/

Noun

ἀγχιστεία • (ankhisteía) f (genitive ἀγχιστείας); first declension

Descendants

Greek: αγχιστεία (anchisteía)

Further reading

“ἀγχιστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press