ἔγχος

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, of uncertain origin but possibly from Pre-Greek.

ἔγχος • (énkhos) n (genitive ἔγχους or ἔγχεος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔγχος; τοῦ ἔγχους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγχος tò énkhos	τὼ ἔγχει tṑ énkhei	τᾰ̀ ἔγχη tà énkhē
Genitive	τοῦ ἔγχους toû énkhous	τοῖν ἐγχοῖν toîn enkhoîn	τῶν ἐγχῶν tôn enkhôn
Dative	τῷ ἔγχει tôi énkhei	τοῖν ἐγχοῖν toîn enkhoîn	τοῖς ἔγχεσῐ / ἔγχεσῐν toîs énkhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγχος tò énkhos	τὼ ἔγχει tṑ énkhei	τᾰ̀ ἔγχη tà énkhē
Vocative	ἔγχος énkhos	ἔγχει énkhei	ἔγχη énkhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἔγχος; ἔγχεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔγχος énkhos	ἔγχει / ἔγχεε énkhei / énkhee	ἔγχεᾰ énkhea
Genitive	ἔγχεος énkheos	ἐγχέοιν enkhéoin	ἐγχέων enkhéōn
Dative	ἔγχει / ἔγχεῐ̈ énkhei / énkheï	ἐγχέοιν enkhéoin	ἔγχεσῐ / ἔγχεσῐν énkhesi(n)
Accusative	ἔγχος énkhos	ἔγχει / ἔγχεε énkhei / énkhee	ἔγχεᾰ énkhea
Vocative	ἔγχος énkhos	ἔγχει / ἔγχεε énkhei / énkhee	ἔγχεᾰ énkhea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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.
- blade idem, page 81.
- brand idem, page 93.
- drive idem, page 253.
- rapier idem, page 672.
- sword idem, page 849.
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

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