ἄγκος

From Proto-Hellenic *ánkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“curve”). Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्कस् (áṅkas), Latin ancus and Old Armenian անկիւն (ankiwn, “angle”).

ᾰ̓́γκος • (ắnkos) n (genitive ᾰ̓́γκεος or ᾰ̓́γκους); third declension

1. a bend, hollow: hence, mountain glen, dell, valley

• “ἄγκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dale idem, page 193.
  • defile idem, page 205.
  • glade idem, page 360.
  • glen idem, page 362.
  • pass idem, page 595.
  • valley idem, page 943.