ἄγκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ánkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (curve).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्कस् (áṅkas), Latin ancus and Old Armenian անկիւն (ankiwn, angle).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́γκος • (ắnkosn (genitive ᾰ̓́γκεος or ᾰ̓́γκους); third declension

  1. a bend, hollow: hence, mountain glen, dell, valley
    Synonyms: βῆσσα (bêssa), νάπη (nápē)

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀγκύλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 12-3:DER > c. With *-s-: ἄγκος

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