ἀγχοῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”) (whence ἄγχι (ánkhi) and ἄγχω (ánkhō)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰûː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkʰu/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxu/

Adverb

ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû)

near, nearby
Synonyms: ἄγχι (ánkhi), ἐγγύθι (engúthi)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.172
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.526
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.271
- 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Supplement 3.3
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 962

Preposition

ἀγχοῦ • (ankhoû) (governs the genitive and dative)

near to
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.709
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.5
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.40
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.85
- 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.16