ὁλμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλμος (hólmos, “round, smooth stone”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hol.mís.kos/ → /olˈmis.kos/ → /olˈmis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hol.mís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)olˈmis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /olˈmis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /olˈmis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /olˈmis.kos/

Noun

ὁλμῐ́σκος • (holmĭ́skos) m (genitive ὁλμῐ́σκου); second declension

1. socket of the hinge of a door
2. (anatomy) tooth socket

   Synonym: φᾰτνῐ́ον (phătnĭ́on)

3. (geometry) frustum of a cone

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος ho holmĭ́skos	τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω tṑ holmĭ́skō	οἱ ὁλμῐ́σκοι hoi holmĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου toû holmĭ́skou	τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν toîn holmĭ́skoin	τῶν ὁλμῐ́σκων tôn holmĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ὁλμῐ́σκῳ tôi holmĭ́skōi	τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν toîn holmĭ́skoin	τοῖς ὁλμῐ́σκοις toîs holmĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ὁλμῐ́σκον tòn holmĭ́skon	τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω tṑ holmĭ́skō	τοὺς ὁλμῐ́σκους toùs holmĭ́skous
Vocative	ὁλμῐ́σκε holmĭ́ske	ὁλμῐ́σκω holmĭ́skō	ὁλμῐ́σκοι holmĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁλμῐσκοειδής (holmĭskoeidḗs)

Further reading

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