ζάγκλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζᾰ́γκλη (zắnklē)

Etymology

A Sicilian word without etymology. According to Niedermann, it is a Ligurian word, from which Latin falx (“scythe”) would be a loan as well.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdáŋ.klon/ → /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/ → /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdáŋ.klon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.klon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/

Noun

ζᾰ́γκλον • (zắnklon) n (genitive ζᾰ́γκλου); second declension

1. (in Sicily) reaping hook, sickle

   Synonym: δρεπᾰ́νη (drepắnē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον; τοῦ ζᾰ́γκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zắnklon	τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zắnklō	τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tằ zắnklă
Genitive	τοῦ ζᾰ́γκλου toû zắnklou	τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zắnkloin	τῶν ζᾰ́γκλων tôn zắnklōn
Dative	τῷ ζᾰ́γκλῳ tôi zắnklōi	τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zắnkloin	τοῖς ζᾰ́γκλοις toîs zắnklois
Accusative	τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zắnklon	τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zắnklō	τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tằ zắnklă
Vocative	ζᾰ́γκλον zắnklon	ζᾰ́γκλω zắnklō	ζᾰ́γκλᾰ zắnklă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζάγκλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζάγκλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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