ἀσκάληρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of synonymous σκαλίας (skalías).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ká.lɛː.ron/ → /asˈka.li.ron/ → /asˈka.li.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ká.lɛː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈka.le̝.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/

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Noun

ἀσκᾰ́ληρον • (askắlēron) n (genitive ἀσκᾰλήρου); second declension

1. (botany) fruit shell of the artichoke

   Synonym: σκαλίας (skalías)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον; τοῦ ἀσκᾰλήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον tò askắlēron	τὼ ἀσκᾰλήρω tṑ askălḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ tằ askắlēră
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκᾰλήρου toû askălḗrou	τοῖν ἀσκᾰλήροιν toîn askălḗroin	τῶν ἀσκᾰλήρων tôn askălḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκᾰλήρῳ tôi askălḗrōi	τοῖν ἀσκᾰλήροιν toîn askălḗroin	τοῖς ἀσκᾰλήροις toîs askălḗrois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον tò askắlēron	τὼ ἀσκᾰλήρω tṑ askălḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ tằ askắlēră
Vocative	ἀσκᾰ́ληρον askắlēron	ἀσκᾰλήρω askălḗrō	ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ askắlēră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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