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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγκών (ankṓn, “elbow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋ.kás/ → /aŋˈɡas/ → /aŋˈɡas/
Adverb
ἀγκάς • (ankás)
- in(to) the arms
Further reading
- “ἀγκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγκάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγκάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀγκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press