μεσάγκυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεσο- (meso-, in the middle) +‎ ἀγκύλη (ankúlē, “thong of a javelin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.sáŋ.ky.lon/ → /meˈsaɲ.ɟy.lon/ → /meˈsaɲ.ɟi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.sáŋ.ky.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈsaŋ.ky.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈsaɲ.ɟy.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈsaɲ.ɟy.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈsaɲ.ɟi.lon/

Noun

μεσᾰ́γκῠλον • (mesánkulon) n (genitive μεσᾰγκῠ́λου); second declension

1. javelin with a thong for throwing it by

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μεσᾰ́γκῠλον; τοῦ μεσᾰγκῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μεσᾰ́γκῠλον tò mesánkulon	τὼ μεσᾰγκῠ́λω tṑ mesankúlō	τᾰ̀ μεσᾰ́γκῠλᾰ tà mesánkula
Genitive	τοῦ μεσᾰγκῠ́λου toû mesankúlou	τοῖν μεσᾰγκῠ́λοιν toîn mesankúloin	τῶν μεσᾰγκῠ́λων tôn mesankúlōn
Dative	τῷ μεσᾰγκῠ́λῳ tôi mesankúlōi	τοῖν μεσᾰγκῠ́λοιν toîn mesankúloin	τοῖς μεσᾰγκῠ́λοις toîs mesankúlois
Accusative	τὸ μεσᾰ́γκῠλον tò mesánkulon	τὼ μεσᾰγκῠ́λω tṑ mesankúlō	τᾰ̀ μεσᾰ́γκῠλᾰ tà mesánkula
Vocative	μεσᾰ́γκῠλον mesánkulon	μεσᾰγκῠ́λω mesankúlō	μεσᾰ́γκῠλᾰ mesánkula
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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