ἀγχόνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀγχόνη
Structure:
ἀγχον
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- a throttling, strangling, hanging, hanging, hanging, by hanging
Declension
First declension
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.
- ταῦτα δῆτ’ οὐχ ἀγχόνη; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 4:28)
- ἀγχόνη γὰρ ἂν τὸ πρᾶγμα γένοιτο αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 44:1)
- πολέμων δ’ ἐν πέμπτῳ τῶν πρὸσ Ἀντίγονον καὶ Ἀδαῖον πορφυρίωνά φησι τὸν ὄρνιν διαιτώμενον κατὰ τὰσ οἰκίασ τὰσ ὑπάνδρουσ τῶν γυναικῶν τηρεῖν πικρῶσ καὶ τοιαύτην ἔχειν αἴσθησιν ἐπὶ τῆσ μοιχευομένησ, ὥσθ’ ὅταν τοῦθ’ ὑπονοήσῃ προσημαίνει τῷ δεσπότῃ, ἀγχόνῃ τὸ ζῆν περιγράψασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 40 1:1)
- Ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ μέζον τὸ κακὸν ἑρ́πῃ, μῆλα ἐρυθρά· ὀφθαλμοὶ προπετέεσ, ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀγχόνῃ, Ῥωγμὸσ ἐν ἐγρηγόρσι· πολλὸν δὲ μέζον τὸ κακὸν ἐν ὕπνῳ· ὑγρὴ καὶ ἀήχοσ ἡ φωνή· πολλοῦ καὶ ψυχροῦ ἠέροσ ἐπιθυμίη · ἐσ τὸ ὕπαιθρον ἰένται, πᾶσ γὰρ αὐτέοισι οἶκοσ ἐσ ἀναπνοὴν οὐ διαρκήσ · ἀναπνέουσι ὄρθιοι, ὅκωσ ἅπαντα σπάσαι τὸν ἑλκόμενον ἠέρα ποθέοντεσ, ὑπ’ ἀπορίησ δὲ τοῦ ἠέροσ καὶ διοίγουσι τὸ στόμα, ὡσ τῷδε μέζονι χρεόμενοι· ὠχροὶ τὰ πρόσωπα, πλὴν τῶν μήλων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 215)
- ἡ μὲν σὺν θερμασίῃ καὶ μεγάλῃ πρήσιτῶν παρισθμίων , καὶ ἐξογκώσι ἔξω· ἀτὰρ καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα, καὶ ὁ γαργαρεὼν, καὶ πάντα τὰ τῇδε μέρεα ἐσ ὄγκον ἀείρεται· ἡ δὲ ἑτέρη ξύμπτωσίσ ἐστι τουτέων ἠδὲ ἐσ τὸ ἔσω πίεσισ, ξὺν ἀγχόνῃ μέζονι, ὡσ δοκέειν τὴν φλεγμασίην εἴσω μέσφι τῆσ κραδίησ ἐρηρεῖσθαι . (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 270)