λημνίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) +‎ -ίσκος (-ískos, noun-forming diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛːm.nís.kos/ → /limˈnis.kos/ → /limˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛːm.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝mˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /limˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /limˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /limˈnis.kos/

Noun

λημνῐ́σκος • (lēmnískos) m (genitive λημνῐ́σκου); second declension

1. Woollen fillet or ribbon; surgical bandage; pledget.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λημνῐ́σκος; τοῦ λημνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λημνῐ́σκος ho lēmnískos	τὼ λημνῐ́σκω tṑ lēmnískō	οἱ λημνῐ́σκοι hoi lēmnískoi
Genitive	τοῦ λημνῐ́σκου toû lēmnískou	τοῖν λημνῐ́σκοιν toîn lēmnískoin	τῶν λημνῐ́σκων tôn lēmnískōn
Dative	τῷ λημνῐ́σκῳ tôi lēmnískōi	τοῖν λημνῐ́σκοιν toîn lēmnískoin	τοῖς λημνῐ́σκοις toîs lēmnískois
Accusative	τὸν λημνῐ́σκον tòn lēmnískon	τὼ λημνῐ́σκω tṑ lēmnískō	τοὺς λημνῐ́σκους toùs lēmnískous
Vocative	λημνῐ́σκε lēmníske	λημνῐ́σκω lēmnískō	λημνῐ́σκοι lēmnískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: lemniscus

References

• “λημνίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press