ἔγκυος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From rare ἐγκῠ́ω (enkŭ́ō, “to be pregnant”) + -ος (-os), from ἐν- (en-, “in-”) + κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō, “to conceive”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.ky.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ky.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟy.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟy.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.os/
Adjective
ἔγκῠος • (énkŭos) m or f (neuter ἔγκῠον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἔγκῠος énkŭos |
ἔγκῠον énkŭon |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἔγκῠοι énkŭoi |
ἔγκῠᾰ énkŭă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐγκῠ́ου enkŭ́ou |
ἐγκῠ́ου enkŭ́ou |
ἐγκῠ́οιν enkŭ́oin |
ἐγκῠ́οιν enkŭ́oin |
ἐγκῠ́ων enkŭ́ōn |
ἐγκῠ́ων enkŭ́ōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐγκῠ́ῳ enkŭ́ōi |
ἐγκῠ́ῳ enkŭ́ōi |
ἐγκῠ́οιν enkŭ́oin |
ἐγκῠ́οιν enkŭ́oin |
ἐγκῠ́οις enkŭ́ois |
ἐγκῠ́οις enkŭ́ois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἔγκῠον énkŭon |
ἔγκῠον énkŭon |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἐγκῠ́ους enkŭ́ous |
ἔγκῠᾰ énkŭă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἔγκῠε énkŭe |
ἔγκῠον énkŭon |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἐγκῠ́ω enkŭ́ō |
ἔγκῠοι énkŭoi |
ἔγκῠᾰ énkŭă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐγκῠ́ως enkŭ́ōs |
ἐγκῠώτερος enkŭṓteros |
ἐγκῠώτᾰτος enkŭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έγκυος (égkyos)
Further reading
- “ἔγκυος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔγκυος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἔγκυος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἔγκυος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔγκυος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011