ἐγκρασίχολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe called this way because its intestines are attached to the head.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kraː.sí.kʰo.los/ → /eŋ.ɡraˈsi.xo.los/ → /eŋ.ɡraˈsi.xo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kraː.sí.kʰo.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kraˈsi.kʰo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡraˈsi.xo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡraˈsi.xo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡraˈsi.xo.los/

Noun

ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολος • (enkrāsíkholos) m (genitive ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλου); second declension

1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

   Synonym: ἔγγραυλις (éngraulis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολος; τοῦ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολος ho enkrāsíkholos	τὼ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω tṑ enkrāsikhólō	οἱ ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολοι hoi enkrāsíkholoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλου toû enkrāsikhólou	τοῖν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοιν toîn enkrāsikhóloin	τῶν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλων tôn enkrāsikhólōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλῳ tôi enkrāsikhólōi	τοῖν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοιν toîn enkrāsikhóloin	τοῖς ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοις toîs enkrāsikhólois
Accusative	τὸν ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολον tòn enkrāsíkholon	τὼ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω tṑ enkrāsikhólō	τοὺς ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλους toùs enkrāsikhólous
Vocative	ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολε enkrāsíkhole	ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω enkrāsikhólō	ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολοι enkrāsíkholoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγκρασίχολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκρασίχολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγκρασίχολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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