ὀστρακίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄστρᾰκον (óstrakon, “earthen vessel; potsherd”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /os.tra.kís/ → /os.traˈcis/ → /os.traˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /os.tra.kís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /os.traˈkis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /os.traˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /os.traˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /os.traˈcis/

Noun

ὀστρᾰκῐ́ς • (ostrakís) f (genitive ὀστρᾰκῐ́δος); third declension

1. (botany) pinecone or pine nut

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀστρᾰκῐ́ς; τῆς ὀστρᾰκῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀστρᾰκῐ́ς hē ostrakís	τὼ ὀστρᾰκῐ́δε tṑ ostrakíde	αἱ ὀστρᾰκῐ́δες hai ostrakídes
Genitive	τῆς ὀστρᾰκῐ́δος tês ostrakídos	τοῖν ὀστρᾰκῐ́δοιν toîn ostrakídoin	τῶν ὀστρᾰκῐ́δων tôn ostrakídōn
Dative	τῇ ὀστρᾰκῐ́δῐ têi ostrakídi	τοῖν ὀστρᾰκῐ́δοιν toîn ostrakídoin	ταῖς ὀστρᾰκῐ́σῐ / ὀστρᾰκῐ́σῐν taîs ostrakísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὀστρᾰκῐ́δᾰ tḕn ostrakída	τὼ ὀστρᾰκῐ́δε tṑ ostrakíde	τᾱ̀ς ὀστρᾰκῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ostrakídas
Vocative	ὀστρᾰκῐ́ς ostrakís	ὀστρᾰκῐ́δε ostrakíde	ὀστρᾰκῐ́δες ostrakídes
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.

Further reading

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