ὀξύσχοινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “rush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sýs.kʰoi̯.nos/ → /okˈsys.çy.nos/ → /okˈsis.çi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sýs.kʰoi̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.kʰy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.çy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.çy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsis.çi.nos/

Noun

ὀξῠ́σχοινος • (oxŭ́skhoinos) m (genitive ὀξῠσχοίνου); second declension

1. sharp rush (Juncus acutus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὀξῠ́σχοινος; τοῦ ὀξῠσχοίνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀξῠ́σχοινος ho oxŭ́skhoinos	τὼ ὀξῠσχοίνω tṑ oxŭskhoínō	οἱ ὀξῠ́σχοινοι hoi oxŭ́skhoinoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀξῠσχοίνου toû oxŭskhoínou	τοῖν ὀξῠσχοίνοιν toîn oxŭskhoínoin	τῶν ὀξῠσχοίνων tôn oxŭskhoínōn
Dative	τῷ ὀξῠσχοίνῳ tôi oxŭskhoínōi	τοῖν ὀξῠσχοίνοιν toîn oxŭskhoínoin	τοῖς ὀξῠσχοίνοις toîs oxŭskhoínois
Accusative	τὸν ὀξῠ́σχοινον tòn oxŭ́skhoinon	τὼ ὀξῠσχοίνω tṑ oxŭskhoínō	τοὺς ὀξῠσχοίνους toùs oxŭskhoínous
Vocative	ὀξῠ́σχοινε oxŭ́skhoine	ὀξῠσχοίνω oxŭskhoínō	ὀξῠ́σχοινοι oxŭ́skhoinoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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