ἀπάγχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off, away”) +‎ ἄγχω (ánkhō, “strangle”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.páŋ.kʰɔː/ → /aˈpaŋ.xo/ → /aˈpaŋ.xo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.páŋ.kʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpaŋ.kʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpaŋ.xo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpaŋ.xo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpaŋ.xo/

Verb

ἀπάγχω • (apánkhō)

1. to strangle, throttle
2. (passive voice) to hang oneself, to be hanged, be ready to choke

Conjugation

   Present: ἀπάγχω, ἀπάγχομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀπάγχω	ἀπάγχεις	ἀπάγχει	ἀπάγχετον	ἀπάγχετον	ἀπάγχομεν	ἀπάγχετε	ἀπάγχουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀπάγχω	ἀπάγχῃς	ἀπάγχῃ	ἀπάγχητον	ἀπάγχητον	ἀπάγχωμεν	ἀπάγχητε	ἀπάγχωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀπάγχοιμῐ	ἀπάγχοις	ἀπάγχοι	ἀπάγχοιτον	ἀπαγχοίτην	ἀπάγχοιμεν	ἀπάγχοιτε	ἀπάγχοιεν
	imperative		ἄπαγχε	ἀπαγχέτω	ἀπάγχετον	ἀπαγχέτων		ἀπάγχετε	ἀπαγχόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀπάγχομαι	ἀπάγχῃ, ἀπάγχει	ἀπάγχεται	ἀπάγχεσθον	ἀπάγχεσθον	ἀπαγχόμεθᾰ	ἀπάγχεσθε	ἀπάγχονται
	subjunctive	ἀπάγχωμαι	ἀπάγχῃ	ἀπάγχηται	ἀπάγχησθον	ἀπάγχησθον	ἀπαγχώμεθᾰ	ἀπάγχησθε	ἀπάγχωνται
	optative	ἀπαγχοίμην	ἀπάγχοιο	ἀπάγχοιτο	ἀπάγχοισθον	ἀπαγχοίσθην	ἀπαγχοίμεθᾰ	ἀπάγχοισθε	ἀπάγχοιντο
	imperative		ἀπάγχου	ἀπαγχέσθω	ἀπάγχεσθον	ἀπαγχέσθων		ἀπάγχεσθε	ἀπαγχέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀπάγχειν				ἀπάγχεσθαι
participle	m	ἀπάγχων				ἀπαγχόμενος
	f	ἀπάγχουσᾰ				ἀπαγχομένη
	n	ἀπᾶγχον				ἀπαγχόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἄπηγχον, ἀπηγχόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἄπηγχον	ἄπηγχες	ἄπηγχε(ν)	ἀπήγχετον	ἀπηγχέτην	ἀπήγχομεν	ἀπήγχετε	ἄπηγχον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀπηγχόμην	ἀπήγχου	ἀπήγχετο	ἀπήγχεσθον	ἀπηγχέσθην	ἀπηγχόμεθᾰ	ἀπήγχεσθε	ἀπήγχοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἀπάγξω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀπάγξω	ἀπάγξεις	ἀπάγξει	ἀπάγξετον	ἀπάγξετον	ἀπάγξομεν	ἀπάγξετε	ἀπάγξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀπάγξοιμῐ	ἀπάγξοις	ἀπάγξοι	ἀπάγξοιτον	ἀπαγξοίτην	ἀπάγξοιμεν	ἀπάγξοιτε	ἀπάγξοιεν
		active
infinitive		ἀπάγξειν
participle	m	ἀπάγξων
	f	ἀπάγξουσᾰ
	n	ἀπᾶγξον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἄπηγξᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἄπηγξᾰ	ἄπηγξᾰς	ἄπηγξε(ν)	ἀπήγξᾰτον	ἀπηγξᾰ́την	ἀπήγξᾰμεν	ἀπήγξᾰτε	ἄπηγξᾰν
	subjunctive	ἀπάγξω	ἀπάγξῃς	ἀπάγξῃ	ἀπάγξητον	ἀπάγξητον	ἀπάγξωμεν	ἀπάγξητε	ἀπάγξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀπάγξαιμῐ	ἀπάγξειᾰς, ἀπάγξαις	ἀπάγξειε(ν), ἀπάγξαι	ἀπάγξαιτον	ἀπαγξαίτην	ἀπάγξαιμεν	ἀπάγξαιτε	ἀπάγξειᾰν, ἀπάγξαιεν
	imperative		ἄπαγξον	ἀπαγξᾰ́τω	ἀπάγξᾰτον	ἀπαγξᾰ́των		ἀπάγξᾰτε	ἀπαγξᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ἀπᾶγξαι
participle	m	ἀπάγξᾱς
	f	ἀπάγξᾱσᾰ
	n	ἀπᾶγξᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἀπάγχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀπάγχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπάγχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀπάγχω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀπάγχω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀπάγχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G519 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • choke idem, page 131.
  • strangle idem, page 823.
  • throttle idem, page 871.