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ἀγχόνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχόνη

Structure: ἀγχον (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gxw

Sense

  1. a throttling, strangling, hanging, hanging, hanging, by hanging

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀγχόνη ἀγχόνᾱ ἀγχόναι
Genitive ἀγχόνης ἀγχόναιν ἀγχονῶν
Dative ἀγχόνῃ ἀγχόναιν ἀγχόναις
Accusative ἀγχόνην ἀγχόνᾱ ἀγχόνᾱς
Vocative ἀγχόνη ἀγχόνᾱ ἀγχόναι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Λήδα δ’ ἐν ἀγχόναισ θάνατον ἔλαβεν αἰσχύ‐ νασ ἐμᾶσ ὑπ’ ἀλγέων. (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 24)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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