ζάγκλον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζᾰ́γκλη (zánklē)
Etymology
A Sicilian word without etymology. According to Niedermann, it is a Ligurian word, from which Latin falx (“scythe”) would be a loan as well.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdáŋ.klon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzaŋ.klon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzaŋ.ɡlon/
Noun
ζᾰ́γκλον • (zánklon) n (genitive ζᾰ́γκλου); second declension
- (in Sicily) reaping hook, sickle
- Synonym: δρεπᾰ́νη (drepánē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zánklon |
τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zánklō |
τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tà zánkla | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ζᾰ́γκλου toû zánklou |
τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zánkloin |
τῶν ζᾰ́γκλων tôn zánklōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ζᾰ́γκλῳ tôi zánklōi |
τοῖν ζᾰ́γκλοιν toîn zánkloin |
τοῖς ζᾰ́γκλοις toîs zánklois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ζᾰ́γκλον tò zánklon |
τὼ ζᾰ́γκλω tṑ zánklō |
τᾰ̀ ζᾰ́γκλᾰ tà zánkla | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζᾰ́γκλον zánklon |
ζᾰ́γκλω zánklō |
ζᾰ́γκλᾰ zánkla | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζάγκλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζάγκλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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