ταρκάσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Persian ترکش (tarkaš) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tarˈka.si.on/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tarˈka.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tarˈka.si.on/

Noun

ταρκάσιον • (tarkásion) n (genitive ταρκασίου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) quiver (container for arrows)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ταρκάσιον; τοῦ ταρκασίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ταρκάσιον tò tarkásion	τὼ ταρκασίω tṑ tarkasíō	τᾰ̀ ταρκάσιᾰ tà tarkásia
Genitive	τοῦ ταρκασίου toû tarkasíou	τοῖν ταρκασίοιν toîn tarkasíoin	τῶν ταρκασίων tôn tarkasíōn
Dative	τῷ ταρκασίῳ tôi tarkasíōi	τοῖν ταρκασίοιν toîn tarkasíoin	τοῖς ταρκασίοις toîs tarkasíois
Accusative	τὸ ταρκάσιον tò tarkásion	τὼ ταρκασίω tṑ tarkasíō	τᾰ̀ ταρκάσιᾰ tà tarkásia
Vocative	ταρκάσιον tarkásion	ταρκασίω tarkasíō	ταρκάσιᾰ tarkásia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• φαρέτρᾱ (pharétrā)

Descendants

• → Old French: carquais
  • French: carquois
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: carcaix
    • Galician: carcás
    • Portuguese: carcás
  • → Old Spanish: carcax
    • Spanish: carcaj
• → Italian: turcasso

Further reading

• ταρκάσιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften