Ἀγχίσης

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰǐː.sɛːs/ → /aɲˈçi.sis/ → /aɲˈçi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kʰǐː.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkʰi.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈçi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈçi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈçi.sis/

Proper noun

Ἀγχῑ́σης • (Ankhī́sēs) m (genitive Ἀγχῑ́σου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Anchises

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀγχῑ́σης; τοῦ Ἀγχῑ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀγχῑ́σης ho Ankhī́sēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀγχῑ́σου toû Ankhī́sou
Dative	τῷ Ἀγχῑ́σῃ tôi Ankhī́sēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀγχῑ́σην tòn Ankhī́sēn
Vocative	Ἀγχῑ́ση Ankhī́sē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of Ἀγχῑ́σης; Ἀγχῑ́σᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἀγχῑ́σης Ankhī́sēs
Genitive	Ἀγχῑ́σᾱο / Ἀγχῑ́σε͜ω / Ἀγχῑ́σω Ankhī́sāo / Ankhī́se͜ō / Ankhī́sō
Dative	Ἀγχῑ́σῃ Ankhī́sēi
Accusative	Ἀγχῑ́σην Ankhī́sēn
Vocative	Ἀγχῑ́ση Ankhī́sē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Αγχίσης (Anchísis)
• → Latin: Anchīsēs
  • English: Anchises
  • French: Anchise
  • Italian: Anchise

Further reading

• “Ἀγχίσης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀγχίσης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001