ἄγχουσα

See also: ἀγχούσα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áŋ.kʰuː.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.kʰu.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, the variant excludes a derivation from ᾰ̓́γχω (ắnkhō, “to strangle; to throttle; to choke”), so he concludes it must be Pre-Greek.

Alternative forms

ἔγχουσᾰ (énkhousă)

Noun

ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰ • (ắnkhousă) f (genitive ᾰ̓γχούσης); first declension

alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
dyeing matter extracted from the plant

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓γχούσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰ hē ắnkhousă	τὼ ᾰ̓γχούσᾱ tṑ ănkhoúsā	αἱ ᾰ̓́γχουσαι hai ắnkhousai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γχούσης tês ănkhoúsēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γχούσαιν toîn ănkhoúsain	τῶν ᾰ̓γχουσῶν tôn ănkhousôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γχούσῃ tēî ănkhoúsēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γχούσαιν toîn ănkhoúsain	ταῖς ᾰ̓γχούσαις taîs ănkhoúsais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰν tḕn ắnkhousăn	τὼ ᾰ̓γχούσᾱ tṑ ănkhoúsā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γχούσᾱς tā̀s ănkhoúsās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰ ắnkhousă	ᾰ̓γχούσᾱ ănkhoúsā	ᾰ̓́γχουσαι ắnkhousai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κᾰτᾰ́γχουσᾰ (kătắnkhousă)
ψευδᾰ́γχουσᾰ (pseudắnkhousă)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Anchusa

Etymology 2

Participle

ᾰ̓́γχουσᾰ • (ắnkhousă)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of ᾰ̓́γχων (ắnkhōn)

References

“ἄγχουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄγχουσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄγχουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN