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 • (enkrāsĭ́kholos) 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 enkrāsĭ́kholos	τὼ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω tṑ enkrāsĭkhólō	οἱ ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολοι hoi enkrāsĭ́kholoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλου toû enkrāsĭkhólou	τοῖν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοιν toîn enkrāsĭkhóloin	τῶν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλων tôn enkrāsĭkhólōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλῳ tôi enkrāsĭkhólōi	τοῖν ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοιν toîn enkrāsĭkhóloin	τοῖς ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλοις toîs enkrāsĭkhólois
Accusative	τὸν ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολον tòn enkrāsĭ́kholon	τὼ ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω tṑ enkrāsĭkhólō	τοὺς ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλους toùs enkrāsĭkhólous
Vocative	ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολε enkrāsĭ́khole	ἐγκρᾱσῐχόλω enkrāsĭkhólō	ἐγκρᾱσῐ́χολοι enkrāsĭ́kholoi
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 (2006–2025)
• 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