ἀγχιστῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγχιστος (ánkhistos) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.tîː.nos/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/ → /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰis.tîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰisˈti.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.çisˈti.nos/

Adjective

ἀγχιστῖνος • (ankhistînos) m (feminine ἀγχιστῑ́νη, neuter ἀγχιστῖνον); first/second declension (Epic)

1. close together, crowded, in heaps

Declension

Attested only in the plural.

First and second declension of ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνοι; ᾰ̓γχῐστῖναι; ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνᾰ (Epic)

Number		Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνοι ănkhĭstînoi	ᾰ̓γχῐστῖναι ănkhĭstînai	ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνᾰ ănkhĭstînă
Genitive		ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νων ănkhĭstī́nōn	ᾰ̓γχῐστῑνᾱ́ων / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑνέ͜ων / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑνῶν ănkhĭstīnā́ōn / ănkhĭstīné͜ōn / ănkhĭstīnôn	ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νων ănkhĭstī́nōn
Dative		ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοισῐ / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοισῐν / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοις ănkhĭstī́noisĭ(n) / ănkhĭstī́nois	ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νῃσῐ / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νῃσῐν / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νῃς / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́ναις ănkhĭstī́nēisĭ(n) / ănkhĭstī́nēis / ănkhĭstī́nais	ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοισῐ / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοισῐν / ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νοις ănkhĭstī́noisĭ(n) / ănkhĭstī́nois
Accusative		ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νους ănkhĭstī́nous	ᾰ̓γχῐστῑ́νᾱς ănkhĭstī́nās	ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνᾰ ănkhĭstînă
Vocative		ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνοι ănkhĭstînoi	ᾰ̓γχῐστῖναι ănkhĭstînai	ᾰ̓γχῐστῖνᾰ ănkhĭstînă
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀγχιστῖνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγχιστῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγχιστῖνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγχιστῖνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀγχιστῖνος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀγχιστῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press