ἄγγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngos, from the root *h₂eng- (“to curve”). Alternatively from a Pre-Greek stratum; many words for "vessel" are mentioned by Homer but are loaned from outside Indo-European, possibly one or more Near Eastern languages. If the latter, it may be cognate with Persian آمه (âme, “inkwell”). Cognate to Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀐𐁀 (a-ke-ha) (attested only in plural).

Pronunciation

Noun

ἄγγος • (ángos) n (genitive ἄγγεος or ἄγγους); third declension

1. vessel (to hold liquids), vat, pitcher, bucket, pail, wine-bowl
   1. (for dry substances) cradle, cinerary urn, casket, coffin
   2. (of body parts) womb, stomach
   3. shell of the longhorn beetle
   4. cell of a honey-comb

Inflection

Related terms

• ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)

Further reading

• “ἄγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄγγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ark idem, page 40.
  • basin idem, page 64.
  • box idem, page 92.
  • bucket idem, page 102.
  • can idem, page 110.
  • casket idem, page 116.
  • chest idem, page 129.
  • cinerary urn idem, page 132.
  • cradle idem, page 181.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • pail idem, page 588.
  • phial idem, page 610.
  • pitcher idem, page 615.
  • safe idem, page 730.
  • urn idem, page 940.
  • vessel idem, page 949.
• Reece, Homer's Winged Words: The Evolution of Early Greek Epic Diction in the Light of Oral Theory