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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same root as ἔγχος (énkhos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eŋ.kʰěː.ɛː/ → /eɲˈçi.i/ → /eɲˈçi.i/
Noun
ἐγχείη • (enkheíē) f (genitive ἐγχείης); first declension
- (Epic) spear (long stick with a sharp tip)
Declension
Further reading
- “ἐγχείη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐγχείη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐγχείη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐγχείη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἐγχείη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press