1. ἄγχω · anchō — Beekes
to squeeze, strangle
The corpus record
ἄγχω
agcho
to squeeze, strangle
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Distribution
- Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
- Birds 4 · 3.75/10k
- Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 2 · 3.74/10k
- Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
- Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἄγχω · anchō — Chantraine
fut
3. ἄγχω · anchō — Frisk
zuschnüren, erdrosseln
4. ἄγχω · anchō — Frisk
zuschnüren, beengen
5. ἄγχω · anchō — LSJ
squeeze, embrace, hug
Attestations
- ἄγχε · anche Iliad 3.371
- ἄγχοντα · anchonta Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
- ἄγξαι · anxai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 9
- ἄγξαι · anxai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 10
- ἀγχόμενος · anchomenos Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 11
- ἄγξαι · anxai Septuaginta, Psalmi 31
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 65; entry #125 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 30-31; entry #100 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 47-48; entry #102 Review: Under source audit
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