ὀβελίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/ → /o.βeˈlis.kos/ → /o.veˈlis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βeˈlis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/

Noun

ὀβελίσκος • (obelískos) m (genitive ὀβελίσκου); second declension

1. small spit, skewer
2. anything shaped like a spit
3. obelisk
4. drainage conduit

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος ho obelĭ́skos	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω tṑ obelĭ́skō	οἱ ὀβελῐ́σκοι hoi obelĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου toû obelĭ́skou	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν toîn obelĭ́skoin	τῶν ὀβελῐ́σκων tôn obelĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ὀβελῐ́σκῳ tôi obelĭ́skōi	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν toîn obelĭ́skoin	τοῖς ὀβελῐ́σκοις toîs obelĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ὀβελῐ́σκον tòn obelĭ́skon	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω tṑ obelĭ́skō	τοὺς ὀβελῐ́σκους toùs obelĭ́skous
Vocative	ὀβελῐ́σκε obelĭ́ske	ὀβελῐ́σκω obelĭ́skō	ὀβελῐ́σκοι obelĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion)

Descendants

• → Latin: obeliscus
  • → English: obelisk

Further reading

• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀβελίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette