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Ἀγκαῖος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enk-, whence (among others) ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, curved, bent), ἀγκάλη (ankálē, armful), with the suffix -αῖος (-aîos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἀγκαῖος (Ankaîosm (genitive Ἀγκαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name: Ancaeus

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Αγκαίος (Agkaíos)
  • Latin: Ancaeus

References

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  • Ἀγκαῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀγκαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001