ὄσχιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄσχῐς (óskhis)

Etymology

From ὄσχη (óskhē, “scrotum”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ós.kʰi.on/ → /ˈos.çi.on/ → /ˈos.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈos.çi.on/

Noun

ὄσχῐον • (óskhion) n (genitive ὀσχῐ́ου); second declension

1. (anatomy) raised margin of the womb

   Synonym: λέγνον (légnon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄσχῐον; τοῦ ὀσχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄσχῐον tò óskhion	τὼ ὀσχῐ́ω tṑ oskhíō	τᾰ̀ ὄσχῐᾰ tà óskhia
Genitive	τοῦ ὀσχῐ́ου toû oskhíou	τοῖν ὀσχῐ́οιν toîn oskhíoin	τῶν ὀσχῐ́ων tôn oskhíōn
Dative	τῷ ὀσχῐ́ῳ tôi oskhíōi	τοῖν ὀσχῐ́οιν toîn oskhíoin	τοῖς ὀσχῐ́οις toîs oskhíois
Accusative	τὸ ὄσχῐον tò óskhion	τὼ ὀσχῐ́ω tṑ oskhíō	τᾰ̀ ὄσχῐᾰ tà óskhia
Vocative	ὄσχῐον óskhion	ὀσχῐ́ω oskhíō	ὄσχῐᾰ óskhia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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