Ancient Greek
Noun
ἔγχος • (énkhos) n (genitive ἔγχεος); third declension
- (Epic) spear, spearmanship
- (later) weapons in general: sword, arrow, etc.
- (metonymically) armed force
Inflection
Third declension of
τὸ ἔγχος;
τοῦ ἔγχεος (Uncontracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ ἔγχος
|
τὼ ἔγχεε
|
τᾰ̀ ἔγχεᾰ
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἔγχεος
|
τοῖν ἐγχέοιν
|
τῶν ἐγχέων
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἔγχεῐ̈
|
τοῖν ἐγχέοιν
|
τοῖς ἔγχεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ ἔγχος
|
τὼ ἔγχεε
|
τᾰ̀ ἔγχεᾰ
|
| Vocative |
ἔγχος
|
ἔγχεε
|
ἔγχεᾰ
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Third declension of
τὸ ἔγχος;
τοῦ ἔγχους (Contracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ ἔγχος
|
τὼ ἔγχει
|
τᾰ̀ ἔγχη
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἔγχους
|
τοῖν ἐγχοῖν
|
τῶν ἐγχῶν
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἔγχει
|
τοῖν ἐγχοῖν
|
τοῖς ἔγχεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ ἔγχος
|
τὼ ἔγχει
|
τᾰ̀ ἔγχη
|
| Vocative |
ἔγχος
|
ἔγχει
|
ἔγχη
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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References
- ἔγχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔγχος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔγχος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἔγχος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔγχος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.