ασκός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈskos/

Noun

ασκός • (askós) m (plural ασκοί)

1. animal skin, goatskin

   Synonyms: (goatskin) αιγόδερμα (aigóderma), τουλούμι (touloúmi), (literary) ασκί (askí)

2. wineskin, container like this
3. bag

   Ο Αίολος έκλεισε μέσα σ’ ένα ασκό όλους τους ανέμους και τον έδωσε στον Οδυσσέα.

   O Aíolos ékleise mésa s’ éna askó ólous tous anémous kai ton édose ston Odysséa.

   Aeolus bound all the winds in a bag and gave it to Odysseus.

4. (anatomy) sac, utricle

Declension

Declension of ασκός

	singular	plural
nominative	ασκός (askós)	ασκοί (askoí)
genitive	ασκού (askoú)	ασκών (askón)
accusative	ασκό (askó)	ασκούς (askoús)
vocative	ασκέ (aské)	ασκοί (askoí)

Coordinate terms

• see: δέρμα n (dérma, “skin, hide”) for other kinds of skin

Related terms

• αερασκός m (aeraskós, “airbag”)
• ασκοειδής (askoeidís, “goatskin shaped”, adjective)

Further reading

• ασκός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• ασκός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language