ἰσχάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

It shares the same origin of ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “dry, arid”) and ἰσχαλέος (iskhaléos, “dry, barren”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /is.kʰás/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /isˈkʰas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /isˈxas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /isˈxas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈxas/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ἰ and ά by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

ἰσχᾰ́ς • (iskhắs) f (genitive ἰσχᾰ́δος); third declension

dried fig
kind of spurge (Euphorbia apios)
Synonyms: ἄπῐος (ápĭos), χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος (khămairắphănos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἰσχᾰ́ς; τῆς ἰσχᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰσχᾰ́ς hē iskhắs	τὼ ἰσχᾰ́δε tṑ iskhắde	αἱ ἰσχᾰ́δες hai iskhắdes
Genitive	τῆς ἰσχᾰ́δος tês iskhắdos	τοῖν ἰσχᾰ́δοιν toîn iskhắdoin	τῶν ἰσχᾰ́δων tôn iskhắdōn
Dative	τῇ ἰσχᾰ́δῐ têi iskhắdĭ	τοῖν ἰσχᾰ́δοιν toîn iskhắdoin	ταῖς ἰσχᾰ́σῐ / ἰσχᾰ́σῐν taîs iskhắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰσχᾰ́δᾰ tḕn iskhắdă	τὼ ἰσχᾰ́δε tṑ iskhắde	τᾱ̀ς ἰσχᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s iskhắdăs
Vocative	ἰσχᾰ́ς iskhắs	ἰσχᾰ́δε iskhắde	ἰσχᾰ́δες iskhắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

ἰσχᾰ́δῐον (iskhắdĭon)
ἰσχᾰδοκᾰ́ρῠον (iskhădokắrŭon)
ἰσχᾰδοπώλης (iskhădopṓlēs)
ἰσχᾰδοφᾰ́γος (iskhădophắgos)
ἰσχᾰδώνης (iskhădṓnēs)