ἄγχουσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἔγχουσα (énkhousa)

Etymology

The variant excludes a derivation from ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, throttle, choke”), thus the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄγχουσᾰ • (ánkhousă) f (genitive ἀγχούσης); first declension

  1. alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
  2. dyeing matter extracted from the plant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ; τῆς ἀγχούσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ
hē ánkhousă 		τὼ ἀγχούσᾱ
tṑ ankhoúsā 		αἱ ἄγχουσαι
hai ánkhousai
Genitive τῆς ἀγχούσης
tês ankhoúsēs 		τοῖν ἀγχούσαιν
toîn ankhoúsain 		τῶν ἀγχουσῶν
tôn ankhousôn
Dative τῇ ἀγχούσῃ
tēî ankhoúsēi 		τοῖν ἀγχούσαιν
toîn ankhoúsain 		ταῖς ἀγχούσαις
taîs ankhoúsais
Accusative τὴν ἄγχουσᾰν
tḕn ánkhousăn 		τὼ ἀγχούσᾱ
tṑ ankhoúsā 		τᾱ̀ς ἀγχούσᾱς
tā̀s ankhoúsās
Vocative ἄγχουσᾰ
ánkhousă 		ἀγχούσᾱ
ankhoúsā 		ἄγχουσαι
ánkhousai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κατάγχουσα (katánkhousa)
  • ψευδάγχουσα (pseudánkhousa)

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Anchusa

References

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