ὀνίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.nís.kos/ → /oˈnis.kos/ → /oˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/

Noun

ὀνῐ́σκος • (onĭ́skos) m (genitive ὀνῐ́σκου); second declension

1. a fish similar to a cod
2. woodlouse

   Synonym: κουβαρίς (koubarís)

3. windlass, crane

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀνῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀνῐ́σκος ho onĭ́skos	τὼ ὀνῐ́σκω tṑ onĭ́skō	οἱ ὀνῐ́σκοι hoi onĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῐ́σκου toû onĭ́skou	τοῖν ὀνῐ́σκοιν toîn onĭ́skoin	τῶν ὀνῐ́σκων tôn onĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῐ́σκῳ tôi onĭ́skōi	τοῖν ὀνῐ́σκοιν toîn onĭ́skoin	τοῖς ὀνῐ́σκοις toîs onĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ὀνῐ́σκον tòn onĭ́skon	τὼ ὀνῐ́σκω tṑ onĭ́skō	τοὺς ὀνῐ́σκους toùs onĭ́skous
Vocative	ὀνῐ́σκε onĭ́ske	ὀνῐ́σκω onĭ́skō	ὀνῐ́σκοι onĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: oniscus

  → Translingual: Oniscus

References

• “ὀνίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀνίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette