ἀγχόθι

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἄγχοθῐ (ánkhothi) — different accentuation

Etymology

ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) +‎ -θι (-thi, “at”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰó.tʰi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkʰo.tʰi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈxo.θi/

Adverb

ᾰ̓γχόθῐ • (ankhóthi)

(Poetic) near
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.402:
  τῶν ἓν ἀείρας στῆθος βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος ἀγχόθι δειρῆς
  tôn hèn aeíras stêthos beblḗkei hupèr ántugos ankhóthi deirês
  Of these he lifted one high, and smote Hector on the chest over the shield-rim, near the neck.

References

“ἄγχοθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγχόθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀγχόθι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἀγχόθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀγχόθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἀγχόθι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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