μαρίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ἰβίσκος (ibískos), ἀλθίσκος (althískos) and other plant names. The suffix -ίσκος probably points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.rís.kos/ → /maˈris.kos/ → /maˈris.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.rís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/

Noun

μᾰρῐ́σκος • (mărĭ́skos) m (genitive μᾰρῐ́σκου); second declension

1. swamp sawgrass (Cladium mariscus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰρῐ́σκος; τοῦ μᾰρῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰρῐ́σκος ho mărĭ́skos	τὼ μᾰρῐ́σκω tṑ mărĭ́skō	οἱ μᾰρῐ́σκοι hoi mărĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρῐ́σκου toû mărĭ́skou	τοῖν μᾰρῐ́σκοιν toîn mărĭ́skoin	τῶν μᾰρῐ́σκων tôn mărĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρῐ́σκῳ tôi mărĭ́skōi	τοῖν μᾰρῐ́σκοιν toîn mărĭ́skoin	τοῖς μᾰρῐ́σκοις toîs mărĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰρῐ́σκον tòn mărĭ́skon	τὼ μᾰρῐ́σκω tṑ mărĭ́skō	τοὺς μᾰρῐ́σκους toùs mărĭ́skous
Vocative	μᾰρῐ́σκε mărĭ́ske	μᾰρῐ́σκω mărĭ́skō	μᾰρῐ́σκοι mărĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “μαρίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαρίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN