ἀστραγαλίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “astragal”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lís.kos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈlis.kos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈlis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡaˈlis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈlis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈlis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈlis.kos/

Noun

ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκος • (astrăgălĭ́skos) m (genitive ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκου); second declension

1. small moulding, small astragal
2. (surgery) name of a surgical tool used in stomatology

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκος; τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκος ho astrăgălĭ́skos	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκω tṑ astrăgălĭ́skō	οἱ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκοι hoi astrăgălĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκου toû astrăgălĭ́skou	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκοιν toîn astrăgălĭ́skoin	τῶν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκων tôn astrăgălĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκῳ tôi astrăgălĭ́skōi	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκοιν toîn astrăgălĭ́skoin	τοῖς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκοις toîs astrăgălĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκον tòn astrăgălĭ́skon	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκω tṑ astrăgălĭ́skō	τοὺς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκους toùs astrăgălĭ́skous
Vocative	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκε astrăgălĭ́ske	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκω astrăgălĭ́skō	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῐ́σκοι astrăgălĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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