Ἀγχόνη

noose, strangling

Translated by William Hutton30 Oct 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 35 words

Slipknot, rope, [when it is] paroxytone; but "strangling", the deed, [is] oxytone.¹
The activity.
Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)gxonh/sas ["he having strangled"]: he having choked.²
But [sc. also attested is] a)pagxoni/sas.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγχόνη· ὁ βρόχος, τὸ σχοινίον, παροξυτόνως, Ἀγχονὴ δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὀξυτόνως. ἡ ἐνέργεια. καὶ Ἀγχονήσας· πνίξας. Ἀπαγχονίσας δέ.

Betacode

*)agxo/nh: o( bro/xos, to\ sxoini/on, parocuto/nws, *)agxonh\ de\ to\ pra=gma o)cuto/nws. h( e)ne/rgeia. kai\ *)agxonh/sas: pni/cas. *)apagxoni/sas de/.

Notes (3)

1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 125 (where the paroxytone headword occurs). But LSJ s.v. ignores any such distinction: see web address 1 below. ↩
2Presumably quoted from somewhere, but attested only here. ↩
3The point of this addendum appears to be that when the verb is compound (ap-) the aorist participle ends -isas rather than -esas; cf. generally alpha 2870. ↩

External resources

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α2870Ἀπαγχονίσαιto strangle[Meaning] to throttle. But [sc. also attested are] a)gxonw= ["I strangle"] and limagxonw= ["I weaken by hunger"].

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α410Ἀγχίστροφοιchangeable α411Ἀγχιτέρμωνborder-sharer α412Ἀγχόνηnoose, strangling α413Ἀγχότεροςmore nearby α414Ἀγχοῦnear

Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jan 2012

9 Jan 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
19 May 2008augmented n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Apr 2002augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2000Translated — William Hutton

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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