λευκίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.kís.kos/ → /leɸˈcis.kos/ → /lefˈcis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈkis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈcis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈcis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈcis.kos/

Noun

λευκῐ́σκος • (leukískos) m (genitive λευκῐ́σκου); second declension

1. bleak (Alburnus alburnus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λευκῐ́σκος; τοῦ λευκῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λευκῐ́σκος ho leukískos	τὼ λευκῐ́σκω tṑ leukískō	οἱ λευκῐ́σκοι hoi leukískoi
Genitive	τοῦ λευκῐ́σκου toû leukískou	τοῖν λευκῐ́σκοιν toîn leukískoin	τῶν λευκῐ́σκων tôn leukískōn
Dative	τῷ λευκῐ́σκῳ tôi leukískōi	τοῖν λευκῐ́σκοιν toîn leukískoin	τοῖς λευκῐ́σκοις toîs leukískois
Accusative	τὸν λευκῐ́σκον tòn leukískon	τὼ λευκῐ́σκω tṑ leukískō	τοὺς λευκῐ́σκους toùs leukískous
Vocative	λευκῐ́σκε leukíske	λευκῐ́σκω leukískō	λευκῐ́σκοι leukískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Leuciscus

Further reading

• “λευκίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λευκίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette