ἀγκυλομήτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγκουλομείτᾱς (ankoulomeítās) — Boeotian

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”) +‎ μῆτις (mêtis, “counsel”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ky.lo.mɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /aɲ.ɟy.loˈmi.tis/ → /aɲ.ɟi.loˈmi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ky.lo.mɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ky.loˈme̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟy.loˈmi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟy.loˈmi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟi.loˈmi.tis/

Adjective

ἀγκῠλομήτης • (ankŭlomḗtēs) (attested only in the masculine singular)

1. (Epic) having crooked counsel (epithet of Cronus and occasionally of Prometheus)

Declension

First declension of ἀγκῠλομήτης; ἀγκῠλομήτᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἀγκῠλομήτης ankŭlomḗtēs
Genitive	ἀγκῠλομήτᾱο / ἀγκῠλομήτε͜ω / ἀγκῠλομήτω ankŭlomḗtāo / ankŭlomḗte͜ō / ankŭlomḗtō
Dative	ἀγκῠλομήτῃ ankŭlomḗtēi
Accusative	ἀγκῠλομήτην ankŭlomḗtēn
Vocative	ἀγκῠλομῆτᾰ ankŭlomêtă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ancylometes

Further reading

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