Γέσκων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡés.kɔːn/ → /ˈʝes.kon/ → /ˈʝes.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡés.kɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡes.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝes.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝes.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝes.kon/

Proper noun

Γέσκων • (Géskōn) m (genitive Γέσκωνος); third declension

1. Gisco

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Γέσκων; τοῦ Γέσκωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γέσκων ho Géskōn
Genitive	τοῦ Γέσκωνος toû Géskōnos
Dative	τῷ Γέσκωνῐ tôi Géskōnĭ
Accusative	τὸν Γέσκωνᾰ tòn Géskōnă
Vocative	Γέσκων Géskōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γέσκων (Géskon)
• Italian: Giscone
• Latin: Giscō
• Spanish: Giscón

References

• Γέσκων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
• Γέσκων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette