τανηλεγής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταναός (tanaós, “long, stretched”) + the root ἀλεγ- (aleg-) found in ἀλεγεινός (alegeinós, “causing pain”) (compare ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)) + -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.nɛː.le.ɡɛ̌ːs/ → /ta.ni.leˈʝis/ → /ta.ni.leˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.nɛː.le.ɡɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.ne̝.leˈɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/

Adjective

τᾰνηλεγής • (tanēlegḗs) m or f (neuter τᾰνηλεγές); third declension

1. (poetic) bringing long-lasting suffering (epithet of death)

Declension

Third declension of τᾰνηλεγής; τᾰνηλεγές (uncontracted, Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τᾰνηλεγής tanēlegḗs	τᾰνηλεγές tanēlegés		τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée	τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée		τᾰνηλεγεῖς / τᾰνηλεγέες tanēlegeîs / tanēlegées	τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tanēlegéa
Genitive		τᾰνηλεγέος / τᾰνηλεγεῦς tanēlegéos / tanēlegeûs	τᾰνηλεγέος / τᾰνηλεγεῦς tanēlegéos / tanēlegeûs		τᾰνηλεγοῖν tanēlegoîn	τᾰνηλεγοῖν tanēlegoîn		τᾰνηλεγέων tanēlegéōn	τᾰνηλεγέων tanēlegéōn
Dative		τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέῐ̈ tanēlegeî / tanēlegéï	τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέῐ̈ tanēlegeî / tanēlegéï		τᾰνηλεγοῖν tanēlegoîn	τᾰνηλεγοῖν tanēlegoîn		τᾰνηλεγέσῐ / τᾰνηλεγέσῐν tanēlegési(n)	τᾰνηλεγέσῐ / τᾰνηλεγέσῐν tanēlegési(n)
Accusative		τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tanēlegéa	τᾰνηλεγές tanēlegés		τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée	τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée		τᾰνηλεγέᾰς tanēlegéas	τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tanēlegéa
Vocative		τᾰνηλεγές tanēlegés	τᾰνηλεγές tanēlegés		τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée	τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tanēlegeî / tanēlegée		τᾰνηλεγεῖς / τᾰνηλεγέες tanēlegeîs / tanēlegées	τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tanēlegéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τᾰνηλεγέως tanēlegéōs			τᾰνηλεγέστερος tanēlegésteros			τᾰνηλεγέστᾰτος tanēlegéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “τανηλεγής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τανηλεγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τανηλεγής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τανηλεγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press