βωμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βωμός (bōmós, “platform; altar”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔː.mís.kos/ → /βoˈmis.kos/ → /voˈmis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔː.mís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈmis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈmis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈmis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈmis.kos/

Noun

βωμῐ́σκος • (bōmĭ́skos) m (genitive βωμῐ́σκου); second declension

1. altar-shaped vessel
2. bandage
3. (mathematics) polyhedron of unequal height, width and depth
4. (astronomy) Ara, a constellation

   Synonym: θυμιατήριον (thumiatḗrion)

5. (anatomy) base of molar teeth

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βωμῐ́σκος; τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βωμῐ́σκος ho bōmĭ́skos	τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmĭ́skō	οἱ βωμῐ́σκοι hoi bōmĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου toû bōmĭ́skou	τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmĭ́skoin	τῶν βωμῐ́σκων tôn bōmĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ βωμῐ́σκῳ tôi bōmĭ́skōi	τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmĭ́skoin	τοῖς βωμῐ́σκοις toîs bōmĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν βωμῐ́σκον tòn bōmĭ́skon	τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmĭ́skō	τοὺς βωμῐ́σκους toùs bōmĭ́skous
Vocative	βωμῐ́σκε bōmĭ́ske	βωμῐ́σκω bōmĭ́skō	βωμῐ́σκοι bōmĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: bōmiscus

References

• “βωμίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βωμίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βωμίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)