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ἄγχω
ἄγχω
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἄγχω • (ánkhō) (Epic, Attic, Doric, Koine)
- (transitive) To compress, press tight, especially the throat
- (transitive) To strangle, throttle, choke
- (figuratively, transitive) To put pressure on
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 773–777
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καὶ πῶς ἂν ἐμοῦ μᾶλλόν σε φιλῶν ὦ Δῆμε γένοιτο πολίτης;
ὃς πρῶτα μὲν ἡνίκ᾽ ἐβούλευον σοὶ χρήματα πλεῖστ᾽ ἀπέδειξα
ἐν τῷ κοινῷ, τοὺς μὲν στρεβλῶν τοὺς δ᾽ ἄγχων τοὺς δὲ μεταιτῶν,
οὐ φροντίζων τῶν ἰδιωτῶν οὐδενός, εἰ σοὶ χαριοίμην.- Translation by Eugene O'Neill, Jr.
- Is it possible, Demos, to love you more than I do? And firstly, as long as you have governed with my consent, have I not filled your treasury, putting pressure on some, torturing others or begging of them, indifferent to the opinion of private individuals, and solely anxious to please you?
- Translation by Eugene O'Neill, Jr.
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καὶ πῶς ἂν ἐμοῦ μᾶλλόν σε φιλῶν ὦ Δῆμε γένοιτο πολίτης;
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Inflection
Present: ἄγχω, ἄγχομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἄγχω | ἄγχεις | ἄγχει | ἄγχετον | ἄγχετον | ἄγχομεν | ἄγχετε | ἄγχουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἄγχω | ἄγχῃς | ἄγχῃ | ἄγχητον | ἄγχητον | ἄγχωμεν | ἄγχητε | ἄγχωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἄγχοιμῐ | ἄγχοις | ἄγχοι | ἄγχοιτον | ἀγχοίτην | ἄγχοιμεν | ἄγχοιτε | ἄγχοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἆγχε | ἀγχέτω | ἄγχετον | ἀγχέτων | ἄγχετε | ἀγχόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἄγχομαι | ἄγχῃ, ἄγχει |
ἄγχεται | ἄγχεσθον | ἄγχεσθον | ἀγχόμεθᾰ | ἄγχεσθε | ἄγχονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἄγχωμαι | ἄγχῃ | ἄγχηται | ἄγχησθον | ἄγχησθον | ἀγχώμεθᾰ | ἄγχησθε | ἄγχωνται | |||||
| optative | ἀγχοίμην | ἄγχοιο | ἄγχοιτο | ἄγχοισθον | ἀγχοίσθην | ἀγχοίμεθᾰ | ἄγχοισθε | ἄγχοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἄγχου | ἀγχέσθω | ἄγχεσθον | ἀγχέσθων | ἄγχεσθε | ἀγχέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἄγχειν | ἄγχεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἄγχων | ἀγχόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἄγχουσᾰ | ἀγχομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἆγχον | ἀγχόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἦγχον, ἠγχόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἦγχον | ἦγχες | ἦγχε(ν) | ἤγχετον | ἠγχέτην | ἤγχομεν | ἤγχετε | ἦγχον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠγχόμην | ἤγχου | ἤγχετο | ἤγχεσθον | ἠγχέσθην | ἠγχόμεθᾰ | ἤγχεσθε | ἤγχοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: ἄγξω
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἄγξω | ἄγξεις | ἄγξει | ἄγξετον | ἄγξετον | ἄγξομεν | ἄγξετε | ἄγξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ἄγξοιμῐ | ἄγξοις | ἄγξοι | ἄγξοιτον | ἀγξοίτην | ἄγξοιμεν | ἄγξοιτε | ἄγξοιεν | |||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἄγξειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἄγξων | |||||||||||
| f | ἄγξουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἆγξον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἦγξᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἦγξᾰ | ἦγξᾰς | ἦγξε(ν) | ἤγξᾰτον | ἠγξᾰ́την | ἤγξᾰμεν | ἤγξᾰτε | ἦγξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ἄγξω | ἄγξῃς | ἄγξῃ | ἄγξητον | ἄγξητον | ἄγξωμεν | ἄγξητε | ἄγξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἄγξαιμῐ | ἄγξειᾰς, ἄγξαις |
ἄγξειε(ν), ἄγξαι |
ἄγξαιτον | ἀγξαίτην | ἄγξαιμεν | ἄγξαιτε | ἄγξειᾰν, ἄγξαιεν |
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| imperative | ἆγξον | ἀγξᾰ́τω | ἄγξᾰτον | ἀγξᾰ́των | ἄγξᾰτε | ἀγξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἆγξαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἄγξᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | ἄγξᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἆγξᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἀνάγχω (anánkhō)
- ἀπάγχω (apánkhō)
- διάγχω (diánkhō)
- κατάγχω (katánkhō)
- κῠνάγχη (kunánkhē)
- περιάγχω (periánkhō)
Related terms
- ἀγκτήρ (anktḗr)
- ἄγξις (ánxis)
- ἀγχόνη (ankhónē)
- ἀγχώδης (ankhṓdēs)
References
- ἄγχω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄγχω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄγχω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἄγχω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἄγχω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἄγχω» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- ἄγχω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter