"ἄγχουσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἄγχουσα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /áŋ.kʰuː.sa/, /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/, /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/, /áŋ.kʰuː.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈaŋ.kʰu.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈaŋ.xu.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The variant excludes a derivation from ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, throttle, choke”), thus the word is from Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἄγχουσᾰ|ἀγχούσης|f|first}} ἄγχουσᾰ • (ánkhousă) f (genitive ἀγχούσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἄγχουσᾰ|ης}} Forms: ἄγχουσᾰ [canonical], ánkhousă [romanization], ἀγχούσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ [nominative, singular], ἀγχούσᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἄγχουσαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἀγχούσης [genitive, singular], ἀγχούσαιν [dual, genitive], ἀγχουσῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἀγχούσῃ [dative, singular], ἀγχούσαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἀγχούσαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἄγχουσᾰν [accusative, singular], ἀγχούσᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἀγχούσᾱς [accusative, plural], ἄγχουσᾰ [singular, vocative], ἀγχούσᾱ [dual, vocative], ἄγχουσαι [plural, vocative], ἔγχουσα [alternative]
  1. alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
    Sense id: en-ἄγχουσα-grc-noun-wycfMamD Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. dyeing matter extracted from the plant
    Sense id: en-ἄγχουσα-grc-noun-peNwIRPq Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Borage family plants Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κατάγχουσα (katánkhousa), ψευδάγχουσα (pseudánkhousa)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "katánkhousa",
      "word": "κατάγχουσα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pseudánkhousa",
      "word": "ψευδάγχουσα"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Anchusa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Anchusa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Anchusa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The variant excludes a derivation from ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to strangle, throttle, choke”), thus the word is from Pre-Greek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ánkhousă",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē ánkhousă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσᾱ",
      "roman": "ankhoúsā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ἄγχουσαι",
      "roman": "hai ánkhousai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἀγχούσης",
      "roman": "tês ankhoúsēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσαιν",
      "roman": "ankhoúsain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχουσῶν",
      "roman": "ankhousôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἀγχούσῃ",
      "roman": "têi ankhoúsēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἀγχούσαιν",
      "roman": "ankhoúsain",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἀγχούσαις",
      "roman": "taîs ankhoúsais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἄγχουσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn ánkhousăn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "ankhoúsā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἀγχούσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ankhoúsās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
      "roman": "ánkhousă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσᾱ",
      "roman": "ankhoúsā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγχουσαι",
      "roman": "ánkhousai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔγχουσα",
      "roman": "énkhousa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
        "2": "ἀγχούσης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "ἄγχουσᾰ • (ánkhousă) f (genitive ἀγχούσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄγχουσα-grc-noun-wycfMamD",
      "links": [
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          "alkanet",
          "alkanet"
        ],
        [
          "Alkanna tinctoria",
          "Alkanna tinctoria#Translingual"
        ]
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Borage family plants",
          "orig": "grc:Borage family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dyeing matter extracted from the plant"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄγχουσα-grc-noun-peNwIRPq",
      "links": [
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.kʰuː.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.kʰuː.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.kʰu.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄγχουσα"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Borage family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "katánkhousa",
      "word": "κατάγχουσα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pseudánkhousa",
      "word": "ψευδάγχουσα"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "mul",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "form": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "ánkhousă",
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "ἀγχούσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἄγχουσᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσᾱ",
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    {
      "form": "αἱ ἄγχουσαι",
      "roman": "hai ánkhousai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἀγχούσης",
      "roman": "tês ankhoúsēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσαιν",
      "roman": "ankhoúsain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχουσῶν",
      "roman": "ankhousôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἀγχούσῃ",
      "roman": "têi ankhoúsēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσαιν",
      "roman": "ankhoúsain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἀγχούσαις",
      "roman": "taîs ankhoúsais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἄγχουσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn ánkhousăn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσᾱ",
      "roman": "ankhoúsā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἀγχούσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ankhoúsās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
      "roman": "ánkhousă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγχούσᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγχουσαι",
      "roman": "ánkhousai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἔγχουσα",
      "roman": "énkhousa",
      "tags": [
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    }
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        "1": "ἄγχουσᾰ",
        "2": "ἀγχούσης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)"
      ],
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          "alkanet"
        ],
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          "Alkanna tinctoria#Translingual"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "dyeing matter extracted from the plant"
      ],
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          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.kʰuː.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.kʰuː.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.kʰu.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.xu.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄγχουσα"
}

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