ἄγκυρα

See also: άγκυρα, Άγκυρα, and Ἄγκυρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”), same source as ἄγκος (ánkos); the Greek word is the origin of or from the same source as Latin ancora. OED rejects a derivation from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áŋ.kyː.ra/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ky.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.ɟy.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.ɟy.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.ɟi.ra/

Noun

ἄγκῡρα • (ánkūra) f (genitive ἀγκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension

anchor
hook

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄγκῡρᾰ; τῆς ἀγκῡ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄγκῡρᾰ hē ánkūra	τὼ ἀγκῡ́ρᾱ tṑ ankū́rā	αἱ ἄγκῡραι hai ánkūrai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγκῡ́ρᾱς tês ankū́rās	τοῖν ἀγκῡ́ραιν toîn ankū́rain	τῶν ἀγκῡρῶν tôn ankūrôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγκῡ́ρᾳ têi ankū́rāi	τοῖν ἀγκῡ́ραιν toîn ankū́rain	ταῖς ἀγκῡ́ραις taîs ankū́rais
Accusative	τὴν ἄγκῡρᾰν tḕn ánkūran	τὼ ἀγκῡ́ρᾱ tṑ ankū́rā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγκῡ́ρᾱς tā̀s ankū́rās
Vocative	ἄγκῡρᾰ ánkūra	ἀγκῡ́ρᾱ ankū́rā	ἄγκῡραι ánkūrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: άγκυρα (ágkyra)
→ Latin: ancora (or a cognate) (see there for further descendants)
→ Persian: لنگر‎ (langar)
- → Arabic: أَنْجَر‎ (ʔanjar)
- → Gujarati: લંગર (laṅgar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: لنگر‎ (lenger)
  - Turkish: lenger
  - → Armenian: լէնկէռ (lēnkēṙ)