Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγχόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχόνιος ἀγχόνιη ἀγχόνιον

Structure: ἀγχονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gxw

Sense

  1. fit for strangling

Examples

  • ἀγχόνιον δὲ βρόχον δι’ ἐμὰν κατεδήσατο δυσγάμου αἰσχύναν. (Euripides, Helen, episode, lyric 1:26)

Synonyms

  1. fit for strangling

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

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